Playthings in early modernity : party games, word games, mind games / edited by Allison Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Allison.

Contributor:

Levy, Allison M. (Allison Mary), 1968-

Language:

Dutch

Subjects (All):

Games--Europe--History--16th century.

Games.

Amusements--Europe--History--16th century.

Amusements.

Manners and customs.

History.

Europe--Social life and customs--16th century.

Europe.

Genre:

Games.

Physical Description:

xiv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo : Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 2017.

Summary:

An innovative volume of fifteen interdisciplinary essays at the nexus of material culture, performance studies, and game theory,?Playthings in Early Modernity? emphasises the rules of the game(s) as well as the breaking of those rules. This, the titular "plaything" is understood as both an object and a person, and play, in the early modern world, is treated not merely as a pastime, a leisurely pursuit, but as a pivotal part of daily life, a strategic psychosocial endeavour.

Contents:

Performing Pictures: Parlor Games and Visual Engagement in Ascanio de' Mori's Giuoco piacevole / Kelli Wood Wood, Kelli 9

"Mixt" and Matched: Dance Games in Late Sixteenth- and Early Seventeenth-Century Europe / Emily F. Winerock Winerock, Emily F. 29

Ludic Intermingling/Ludic Discrimination: Women's Card Playing and Visual Proscriptions in Early Modern Europe / Antonella Fenech Kroke Kroke, Antonella Fenech 49

Leonardo da Vinci, Parody, and Pictorial Magic / Chriscinda Henry Henry, Chriscinda 73

Letter Games: Machiavelli and Guicciardini in Carnivalesque Correspondence / Sergius Kodera Kodera, Sergius 97

The Rules of Passion and Pastime: The Game of Lurch in a Late Renaissance Poem / Manfred Zollinger Zollinger, Manfred 117

"Sportes and Pastimes, done by Number": Mathematical Games in Early Modern England / Jessica Marie Otis Otis, Jessica Marie 131

Predictive Play: Wheels of Fortune in the Early Modern Lottery Book / Jessen Kelly Kelly, Jessen 145

Virtuous Vices: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli's Gambling Prints and the Social Mapping of Leisure and Gender in Post-Tri dentine Bologna / Patricia Rocco Rocco, Patricia 167

Trading and Trick Taking in the Dutch Republic: Pasquin's Wind Cards and the South Sea Bubble / Joyce Goggin Goggin, Joyce 191

The Problem of Excessive Play: Renaissance Strategies of Ludic Governmentality / Andreas Hermann Fischer Fischer, Andreas Hermann 205

Imaginary Cartographies and Commercial Commodities: Geography and Playing Cards in Early Modern England / Serina Patterson Patterson, Serina 219

Land of Elusion: Portuguese Perceptions and the Matter of Play and Gaming in Vijayanagara / Elke Rogersdotter Rogersdotter, Elke 239

Visual Frames and Breaking the Rules of the Reconquista: Chess and Alfonso X, el Sabio's Libra de ajedrez, dadosy tablas / Nhora Lucía Serrano Serrano, Nhora Lucía 261

The Prisoners' Dilemma: Strategies and Ruses in the Inquisitorial Jails of Early Modern Cuenca / Patrick J. O'Banion O'Banion, Patrick J. 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1580442609

9781580442602

OCLC:

958355972