Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance |
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| Editor:
| Giannetti, Laura
Ruggiero, Guido |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-7257-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2003 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $161.00 |
Book Description:
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At the turn of the sixteenth century, with the Italian Renaissance at its cultural high point, Italians rediscovered and reinvented an old art form-ancient Latin comedies, rewritten and updated in Italian. These plays-witty, ribald, tightly plotted, and characterized by clever reversals of gender roles and social stereotypes-quickly captured the ......
At the turn of the sixteenth century, with the Italian Renaissance at its cultural high point, Italians rediscovered and reinvented an old art form-ancient Latin comedies, rewritten and updated in Italian. These plays-witty, ribald, tightly plotted, and characterized by clever reversals of gender roles and social stereotypes-quickly captured the ......