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Leo Africanus discovers comedy : theatre and poetry across the Mediterranean / Natalie Zemon Davis.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) DT19.7.L46 D38 2021
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Davis, Natalie Zemon, 1928-2023, author.
Contributor:
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, publisher.
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Essays and studies (Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies) ; 51.
Essays and studies ; 51
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Africanists--Europe--Biography.
Africanists.
Theater--Africa, North--History.
Theater.
Theater--Italy--History.
Arabic poetry--History and criticism.
Arabic poetry.
Italian poetry--History and criticism.
Italian poetry.
Intellectual life.
Leo, Africanus, approximately 1492-approximately 1550.
Leo.
Aristotle. Poetics.
Aristotle.
Europe--Intellectual life.
Europe.
Arab countries--Intellectual life.
Arab countries.
Poetics (Aristotle).
Italy.
North Africa.
Genre:
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:
225 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Toronto : Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies, 2021.
Summary:
"Using the North African diplomat Hasan al-Wazzan, known in Europe as Leo Africanus (c. 1488-after 1532), as its guide, this book offers a comparative journey through the worlds of Arabic and Italian theatre and poetics in the late medieval and early modern period (1300-1600). Special attention to theatrical performances in Rome and in Italy in general, as well as in Tunis, Cairo, and in North Africa in general."-- Provided by publisher.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-211) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Davis, Natalie Zemon, 1928- Leo Africanus discovers comedy.
ISBN:
9780772722126
0772722129
OCLC:
1252779065
Publisher Number:
99993021464

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