(1726) that was edited by Luisa Bergalli. The embodiment of her role in the public realm was made evermore tangible, amongst the literary circles and the Venetian public during her polemic literary battle with Maffio Venier. The poem referenced above Capitolo 16, A Challenge To A Poet Who Has Defamed Her – is believed to have been one of the many directed to Maffio Venier. These poems are Capitolo XIII, XVI, and XXIII of her literary publication, Terze Rime. Posthumous reception Franco's life was recorded in the 1992 book The Honest Courtesan, by US author Margaret F. Rosenthal. Catherine McCormack portrayed Veronica Franco in the 1998 movie Dangerous Beauty, released as A Destiny of Her Own in some countries, based on Rosenthal's book. In the 2000s Franco prompted scholarly inquiries on "what it meant to be a public woman in Cinquecento Venice". This directly pertained to her duality of both a courtesan and a published poet. Franco is referenced to have been a "living performance of public art—a renowned courtesan whose body was available to a certain exclusive clientele, a published author, and a public presence." Franco's literary work demonstrates her ability to defend women, as a whole, in a format that can be studied and understood as ahead of her time. Franco's work fearlessly embarked on juxtaposed realms such as sexuality and women's agency as a whole. In doing so, she challenged and disrupted the patriarchal norms that surrounded her. Franco is also portrayed in the 2012 Serbian novel named after her () authored by Serbian writer Katarina Brajović. In 2013, her work was interpreted as adopting "a position of public authority that calls attention to her education, her rhetorical skill, and the solidarity she feels with women." She embodied in writing a duality, toggling between and addressing both private and public life matters. Her publications have allowed her work and proto-feminist efforts to transcend time. Further reading sample of poems and letters by Veronica Franco 2013 Veronica Franco Project, USC Dornsife. portraits, attributed to Tintoretto 2013 Veronica Franco Project, USC Dornsife.. Michael Asimow, Dangerous Beauty: The Trial of a Courtesan UCLA Law School, (May 1998). Rosenthal, Margaret F., "Veronica Franco's Terze Rime (1575): The Venetian Courtesan's Defense" Renaissance Society of America Renaissance Quarterly 42:2 (Summer 1989) 227-257 Adler, Sara Maria. "Veronica Franco's Petrarchan Terze rime: Subverting the Master's Plan," Italica 65: 3 (1988): 213–33. Diberti-Leigh, Marcella. Veronica Franco: