Aleramo based her hero on Giulio Parise, who would unsuccessfully attempt to oust the pro-Fascist Evola as the circle's leader in 1928, resulting in an announcement by Evola that he would thenceforth exert "an absolute unity of direction" over the circle's publications.
Aleramo modeled her hero on Giulio Parise, who would unsuccessfully attempt to remove pro-Fascist Evola as the circle's leader in 1928, leading to an announcement by Evola that he would henceforth exercise "an absolute unity of direction" over the circle's publications.