Giambattista della Porta, dramatist / by Louise George Clubb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clubb, Louise George, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Porta, Giambattista della, approximately 1535-1615.

Porta, Giambattista della.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 359 pages) : portrait

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1965.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 investigation, Della Porta wrote plays for relaxation and, on occasion, to camouflage controversial aspects of his scientific research from the Inquisitions. Today his works in science are largely forgotten and his right to fame rests on the plays. This book brings together the available facts of Della Porta's rich and often mysterious life and closely examines his dramatic works as part of the Italian literary scene in late Renaissance. Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Front matter

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-65121-3

1-4008-7492-0

OCLC:

927444375