Malatesta Porta e la ‘questione dei costumi’ nella «Gerusalemme Liberata»: la difesa di Solimano nel dialogo «Il Beffa»

Malatesta Porta and the ‘issue of’ the «Gerusalemme liberata»: the defense of Solimano in the dialogue «Il Beffa». The character of Solimano undergoes a deep evolution over the course of «Gerusalemme Liberata» and therefore encountered precocious disapprovals that probably convinced Tasso to change his outline in later «Conquistata». The first part of the essay deals with the development of the Soldano between the two works, to better understand the «questione dei costumi» concerning him, introduced in the second part of this paper. Malatesta Porta, a scholar from Rimini, participated in the discussion with the dialogue «Il Beffa», published in 1604 but undoubtedly the first draft dates back to the late 1580s, the most prosperous moment for the polemic over the poem.