The Queen of Scots = La reina di Scotia / Federico Della Valle ; introduction, translation, and notes by Fabio Battista.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Della Valle, Federico, approximately 1560-1628, author.

Contributor:

Battista, Fabio, translator.

Series:

Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library.

Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library

Standardized Title:

Reina di Scotia. English.

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587--Drama.

Mary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2023]

Summary:

"From the moment of her spectacular death on the scaffold, the story of Mary Queen of Scots became nothing short of a sensation across Europe. She was executed on 8 February 1587, and her death was the climax of a captivity that lasted over eighteen years. Shortly after the event, Federico Della Valle, one of Italy’s most accomplished dramatists of the time, composed La reina di Scotia (The Queen of Scots), a tragedy depicting the final hours of the Scottish queen’s life. With its restrained tone, streamlined action, and refined poetic language, The Queen of Scots ranks among the very best of early modern Italian drama. In this book, Fabio Battista provides an English-language annotated edition of Della Valle’s work, accompanied by a comprehensive introduction exploring the fictional afterlife of Mary Queen of Scots from the early modern period to today. The volume also includes the English translation of a widely circulated letter detailing the queen’s momentous execution. Made available to an English-speaking audience for the first time, this tragedy is the earliest dramatic reworking of the death of Mary Queen of Scots in a modern vernacular, spearheading a tradition that endures to this day."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction From Mary Stuart to Maria Stuarda: Della Valle and the Fictional Afterlives of the Queen of Scots

Chronology of Mary Queen of Scots and Her Times

Note on Translation and Commentary

The Queen of Scots / La reina di Scotia

Appendix: Letter by Sartorio Loschi / Lettera di Sartorio Loschi

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Translation of: Reina di Scotia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Della Valle, Federico The Queen of Scots

ISBN:

9781487545109

148754510X

9781487545291

1487545290

OCLC:

1338152875