Innovation in the Italian Counter-Reformation |
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| Editor:
| McHugh, Shannon
Wainwright, Anna |
| Contribution by:
| McHugh, Shannon
Wainwright, Anna
Quondam, Amedeo
Cox, Virginia
Bourla, Lisa
Milligan, Gerry
Refini, Eugenio
Sampson, Lisa
Ross, Sarah Gwyneth
Zarri, Gabriella
Calabritto, Monica
Maggi, Armando
Perna, Joseph
Westwater, Lynn Lara |
| Series title: | The Early Modern Exchange Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-64453-188-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Delaware Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $72.00 |
Book Description:
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The enduring "black legend" of the Italian Counter-Reformation, which has held sway in both scholarly and popular culture, maintains that the Council of Trent ushered in a cultural dark age in Italy, snuffing out the spectacular creative production of the Renaissance. As a result, the decades following Trent have been mostly overlooked in Italian literary studies, in particular.
The enduring "black legend" of the Italian Counter-Reformation, which has held sway in both scholarly and popular culture, maintains that the Council of Trent ushered in a cultural dark age in Italy, snuffing out the spectacular creative production of the Renaissance. As a result, the decades following Trent have been mostly overlooked in Italian literary studies, in particular.