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Shakespeare and Italy
Jack D'amico
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Description for Shakespeare and Italy
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 b&w photographs, map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DST; 2AB; 3JB; DSGS; HBJD; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
In this study of the Italian settings in 11 of Shakespeare's plays, Jack D'Amico examines the essential characteristics of 16th-century Italian society and the Italian city-state as they come to life on Shakespeare's stage. Through the medium of his theatre, we see how he creates an urban world open to exchange and decidedly theatrical in spirit. We witness Shakespeare's Italy become, simultaneously, the distant city and the mirror of his own Renaissance London. Documented with primary and secondary sources, the book begins by reviewing what Shakespeare may have known about Italy, both the attractions and the dangers of Italian society ... Read more
In this study of the Italian settings in 11 of Shakespeare's plays, Jack D'Amico examines the essential characteristics of 16th-century Italian society and the Italian city-state as they come to life on Shakespeare's stage. Through the medium of his theatre, we see how he creates an urban world open to exchange and decidedly theatrical in spirit. We witness Shakespeare's Italy become, simultaneously, the distant city and the mirror of his own Renaissance London. Documented with primary and secondary sources, the book begins by reviewing what Shakespeare may have known about Italy, both the attractions and the dangers of Italian society ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813018782
SKU
V9780813018782
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About Jack D'amico
Jack D' Amico, professor of English at Canisius College, is coeditor of The Legacy of Benedetto Croce: Contemporary Critical Views and author of The Moor in English Renaissance Drama (UPE, 1991).
Reviews for Shakespeare and Italy
"A must-read for any student of Renaissance culture as well as for Shakespeare scholars. It shows how and why Italian city life reverberated even across the Channel to enliven the English stage." - Silvia Ruffo Fiore, University of South Florida; "D' Amico's book gives new life to an old idea - that Shakespeare's plays are essentially affirmative - and this ... Read more