Shakespeare and Italy The City and the Stage |
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| Author:
| D'Amico, Jack |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-1878-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2001 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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A study of the Italian settings in 11 of Shakespeare's plays. It examines the essential characteristics of 16th-century Italian society and the Italian city-state as they come to life on Shakespeare's stage, showing how Italy appears as both the distant city and a mirror of Renaissance London.
A study of the Italian settings in 11 of Shakespeare's plays. It examines the essential characteristics of 16th-century Italian society and the Italian city-state as they come to life on Shakespeare's stage, showing how Italy appears as both the distant city and a mirror of Renaissance London.