Authors: Laura Giannetti (Editor), Guido Ruggiero (Editor), Laura Giannetti
ISBN-13: 9780801872587, ISBN-10: 0801872588
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: June 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
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 Binding Passions: Tales of Magic, Marriage, and Power at the End of the Renaissance.
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 ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction: Playing the Renaissance | ||
La calandra / | ||
The Comedy of Calandro | 1 | |
La mandragola / | ||
The Mandrake Root | 71 | |
Il marescalco / | ||
The Master of the Horse | 117 | |
Gl'ingannati / | ||
The Deceived | 205 | |
La veniexiana / | ||
The Venetian Comedy | 285 |