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The Italian Tragedy in the Renaissance: Cultural Realities and Theatrical Innovations
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1100809 in Books
- Published on: 2002-01-31
- Format: Illustrated
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 272 pages
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Synopsis
This book is about the Renaissance revitalization of classical drama. Using a cultural and theatrical approach, it shows how Italian playwrights made ancient tragedy relevant to their audiences. The book challenges the traditional critical approach to the Italian Renaissance tragedy as a mere literary work, and calls attention to the complementary function of the theatrical text, which is 'reconstructed' from the stage directions embedded in the discourse of the characters.
