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Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance
Laura Giannetti (Ed.)
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Description for Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance
Paperback. At the turn of the 16th century, Italians rediscovered and reinvented an old art form: the ancient Latin comedy. In this anthology, Giannetti and Ruggiero have translated five of the most representative plays of the period, presenting the modern reader with a view of Italian Renaissance society. Editor(s): Giannetti, Laura; Ruggiero, Guido. Translator(s): Giannetti, Laura; Ruggiero, Guido. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
At the turn of the sixteenth century, Italian playwrights rediscovered and recast an old art form-the ancient Latin comedy-to create witty, ribald, and intricately plotted plays that delighted Renaissance audiences with their clever reversals of gender and class roles. Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance brings together the best of these works in lively new translations by Laura Giannetti and Guido Ruggiero, who also place the comedies in their cultural and social context. Presenting a fresh perspective on the Italian Renaissance, these deft translations allow modern readers to experience the original artistry and carnivalesque humor of these delightfully profane and ... Read more
At the turn of the sixteenth century, Italian playwrights rediscovered and recast an old art form-the ancient Latin comedy-to create witty, ribald, and intricately plotted plays that delighted Renaissance audiences with their clever reversals of gender and class roles. Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance brings together the best of these works in lively new translations by Laura Giannetti and Guido Ruggiero, who also place the comedies in their cultural and social context. Presenting a fresh perspective on the Italian Renaissance, these deft translations allow modern readers to experience the original artistry and carnivalesque humor of these delightfully profane and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801872587
SKU
V9780801872587
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About Laura Giannetti (Ed.)
Laura Giannetti, formerly a professor of Italian literature and history at the Instituto Magistrale "Duca degli Abruzzi" in Treviso, teaches Italian language and literature at the University of Miami. Guido Ruggiero is chair of the department of history at the University of Miami. His books include The Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime, and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice and ... Read more
Reviews for Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance
The translations of these bold and sometimes bawdy Italian imitations of raucous Latin comedy are readable and playable. Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance An intelligently prefaced book which makes available in sensible, accurate English-to scholars and students of drama and of the Renaissance, as well as to general readers-a coherent body of theatre which is culturally and intrinsically valuable.
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