Author

Publication

2014 - Routledge, England

Language

English

Word Count

62,500 words, Guess

Page Count

250 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC792.0945/31109031
  • LCCPQ4159.V46 J68 2014

Description

"The Venetian Origins of the Commedia dell'Arte is a striking new enquiry into the late-Renaissance stirrings of professional secular comedy in Venice, and their connection to the development of what came to be known as the Commedia dell'Arte. The book contends that through a symbiotic collaboration between patrician amateurs and plebeian professionals, innovative forms of comedy developed in the Venice region, fusing 'high' and 'low' culture in a provocative mix that had a truly mass appeal. Rich with anecdotes, images, and literary - often ribald - comic passages, Peter Jordan's central argument has important implications for the study of Venetian art, popular theatre and European cultural history"--

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  • The Venetian origins of the Commedia dell'arteRoutledge2014-01-01

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