The Italian world of English Renaissance drama : cultural exchange and intertextuality / edited by Michele Marrapodi ; associate editor, A.J. Hoenselaars.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marrapodi, Michele.

Hoenselaars, A. J., 1956-

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Italian influences.

English drama.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama--17th century--History and criticism.

Comparative literature--English and Italian.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--Italian and English.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Renaissance--England.

Renaissance.

England.

Italy--In literature.

Italy.

Intertextuality.

Physical Description:

370 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Newark, Del. : University of Delaware Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, [1998]

Summary:

This collection explores the Italian matrix of English Renaissance drama through new, challenging aspects of influence and rewarding investigations into classical and Italian theatergrams. The scope of the volume ranges from early Elizabethan to late Jacobean drama, relating at various stages such authors as Gascoigne, Kyd, and Marlowe to Boccaccio, Ariosto, and Castiglione. The essays throw fresh light on the study of Classical and Italian in-tertexts, and breaks new ground in the Italian world of the English Renaissance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-352) and index.

ISBN:

0874136385

OCLC:

36908960