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A Sudden Frenzy : Improvisation, Orality, and Power in Renaissance Italy /

"In Renaissance Italy there existed a rich interplay between two cultural practices frequently regarded as entirely separate and mutually antagonistic: the humanistic study of the ancient world and ancient literature, and the oral and improvisational performance of poetry which constituted one...

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Autor principal: Coleman, James K., 1981- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The uses of oral poetry in Quattrocento Florence
  • "Inspired and possessed": Marsilio Ficino and oral poetry
  • "Secret frenzies": Angelo Poliziano and invention
  • "The power to stir up others": Lorenzo de' Medici and improvisation
  • The improviser and the world of the courts.