The Agony and the Ecstasy (novel)
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| The Agony and the Ecstasy, Signet Books edition 1987 | |
| Author | Irving Stone |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Biographical, Historical novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Released | 1961 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | N/A |
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961) is a biographical novel about Michelangelo Buonarroti written by the American author Irving Stone. The basis for the novel was Michelangelo's correspondence, all 495 letters of which Stone had translated from Italian by Dr. Charles Speroni, a professor of Italian at California University. The novel acknowledges Michelangelo's relationships with other men, but paints a portrait of a heterosexual Michelangelo. This fact has been contested and debated.
The book was made into a 1965 film with the same name.
