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The Poetics of Imitation in the Italian Theatre of the Renaissance
Salvatore Di Maria
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Hardback. DiMaria delves into how playwrights not only brought inventive new dramaturgical methods to the genre, but also incorporated significant aspects of the morals and aesthetic preferences familiar to contemporary spectators into their works. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
The theatre of the Italian Renaissance was directly inspired by the classical stage of Greece and Rome, and many have argued that the former imitated the latter without developing a new theatre tradition. In this book, Salvatore DiMaria investigates aspects of innovation that made Italian Renaissance stage a modern, original theatre in its own right. He provides important evidence for creative imitation at work by comparing sources and imitations - incuding Machiavelli's Mandragola and Clizia, Cecchi's Assiuolo, Groto's Emilia, and Dolce's Marianna - and highlighting source elements that these playwrights chose to adopt, modify, or omit entirely. DiMaria delves ... Read more
The theatre of the Italian Renaissance was directly inspired by the classical stage of Greece and Rome, and many have argued that the former imitated the latter without developing a new theatre tradition. In this book, Salvatore DiMaria investigates aspects of innovation that made Italian Renaissance stage a modern, original theatre in its own right. He provides important evidence for creative imitation at work by comparing sources and imitations - incuding Machiavelli's Mandragola and Clizia, Cecchi's Assiuolo, Groto's Emilia, and Dolce's Marianna - and highlighting source elements that these playwrights chose to adopt, modify, or omit entirely. DiMaria delves ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Toronto Italian Studies
Condition
New
Weight
532g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442647121
SKU
V9781442647121
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About Salvatore Di Maria
Salvatore DiMaria is a professor in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Tennessee.
Reviews for The Poetics of Imitation in the Italian Theatre of the Renaissance
'This study offers a fresh look at the poetics of imitation and reflects on-going scholarly interest in Italian erudite comedy.'
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