Author: Pietro Aretino
Publisher: Published for the Carleton University Centre for Renaissance Studies and Research by Doverhouse Editions
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Author: Laura Giannetti
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801872570
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Humor, sex, and satirized or upturned gender roles and social stereotypes characterize the Latin comedies updated and translated into Italian that became popular in Italy at the turn of the 16th century. The translations are by and for scholars of literature and history, rather than for production or performance. There are explanatory notes, but no bibliography or index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author: Guido Ruggiero
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801892023
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484

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A “provocative” study of sex and sexual identity in Renaissance Italy, explored through major literary works and historical archives (Choice). Machiavelli in Love introduces a complex concept of sex and sexual identity and their roles in the culture and politics of the Italian Renaissance. Guido Ruggiero’s study counters the consensus among historians and literary critics that there was little sense of individual identity and almost no sense of sexual identity before the modern period. Drawing from the works of major literary figures such as Boccaccio, Aretino, and Castiglione, and rereading them against archival evidence, Ruggiero examines the concept of identity via consensus realities of family, neighbors, friends, and social peers, as well as broader communities and solidarities. The author contends that Renaissance Italians understood sexual identity as a part of the human life cycle, something that changed throughout stages of youthful experimentation, marriage, adult companionship, and old age. Machiavelli’s letters and literary production reveal a fascinating construction of self that is highly reliant on sexual reputation. Ruggiero’s challenging reinterpretation of this canonical figure, as well as his unique treatment of other major works of the period, offer new approaches for reading Renaissance literature and new understandings of the way life was lived and perceived during this time.

Author: John Addington Symonds
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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Author: Paola Ugolini
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487532121
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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Anti-courtly discourse furnished a platform for discussing some of the most pressing questions of early modern Italian society. The court was the space that witnessed a new form of negotiation of identity and prestige, the definition of masculinity and of gender-specific roles, the birth of modern politics and of an ethics based on merit and on individual self-interest. The Court and Its Critics analyses anti-courtly critiques using a wide variety of sources including manuals of courtliness, dialogues, satires, and plays, from the mid-fifteenth to the early seventeenth century. The book is structured around four key figures that embody different features of anti-courtly sentiments. The figure of the courtier shows that sentiments against the court were present even among those who apparently benefitted from such a system of power. The court lady allows an investigation of the intertwining of anti-courtliness and anti-feminism. The satirist and the shepherd of pastoral dramas are investigated as attempts to fashion two different forms of a new self for the court intellectual.

Author: John Addington Symonds
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Italian
Languages : en
Pages : 656

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Author: John Addington Symonds
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Italian
Languages : en
Pages : 674

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Author: John Addington Symonds
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Italian
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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Author: John Addington Symonds
Publisher:
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Category : Art, Italian
Languages : en
Pages : 664

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Author: John Addington Symonds
Publisher:
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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