Giambattista Della Porta, Dramatist

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Although Renaissance scholars generally agree that Della Porta was the finest comic playwright of his generation in Italy, no detailed analysis of these plays and of their considerable influence outside Italy has previously appeared. One of the most famous men of his time in the field of scientific...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clubb, Louise George
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1965.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Porta, Giambattista della, > approximately 1535-1615.
Porta, Giambattista della, > 1535?-1615.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
DRAMA > Continental European.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • I. Delia Porta's Life
  • II. Dating Delia Porta's Plays
  • III. Theater Between 1550 and 1614
  • IV. Delia Porta's Verse Dramas
  • V. Delia Porta's Verse Style
  • VI. Learned Comedy Between 1550 and 1614
  • VII. Delia Porta's Comedy
  • VIII. Delia Porta's Influence on Written Comedy
  • Appendices. Bibliography. Index
  • A. Dating the Plays
  • B. The Question of Scenari
  • C. Translations of Long Passages
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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