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'Who the devil taught thee so much Italian?' : Italian language learning and literary imitation in early modern England.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawrence, Jason, 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Italian language--Early modern, 1500-1700.
- Italian language.
- Italian language--England.
- Italian language--Study and teaching--England--History.
- Imitation in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text offers a comprehensive account of the methods and practice of learning modern languages, especially Italian, in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century England.
- Contents:
- Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. 'Mie new London Companions for Italian and French': modern language learning in Elizabethan England; 2. 'A stranger borne / To be indenized with us,and made our owne': Samuel Daniel and the naturalisation of Italian literary forms; 3. 'Give me the ocular proof': Shakespeare's Italian language-learning habits; Conclusion: Seventeenth-century language learning; Appendix: John Wolfe's Italian publications; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis (D. Phil.--University of Oxford, 2000) presented under the title: The siren songs of Italie : Italian literary forms in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 1-78170-254-3
- 1-84779-439-4
- OCLC:
- 818847470
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