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The Scruffy Scoundrels : a Dual-Language Edition.
Annibal Caro wrote The Scruffy Scoundrels (Gli Straccioni) in Rome in early 1543 for his patron Pierluigi Farnese, the eldest son of Pope Paul III. Its performance was delayed, then canceled after the death of its patron. The play, which survives in a unique manuscript, is a masterpiece of humanist...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Italica Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Renaissance and Modern Plays Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Annibal Caro wrote The Scruffy Scoundrels (Gli Straccioni) in Rome in early 1543 for his patron Pierluigi Farnese, the eldest son of Pope Paul III. Its performance was delayed, then canceled after the death of its patron. The play, which survives in a unique manuscript, is a masterpiece of humanist playwriting. The two ""scruffy scoundrels, "" the love squabble between servants, the stock farcical routines, the comic invectives and the long pathetic side-tales all derive from the forms, plots and characters of ancient Roman comedy. Caro's play, set firmly in the streets of early modern Rome, is. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781599103341 1599103346 |