As it considers early modern medical theories, sexual myths, and intergenerational conflicts, this book traces the development of the comic old man character in Renaissance comedy, from his many incarnations in Venice and Florence to his popularity on the English stage. As Anthony Ellis shows how English dramatists adapted an Italian model to portray concerns about growing old, he sheds new light on early modern society's complex attitudes toward aging.
As it considers early modern medical theories, sexual myths, and intergenerational conflicts, this book traces the development of the comic old man character in Renaissance comedy, from his many incarnations in Venice and Florence to his popularity on the English stage. As Anthony Ellis shows how English dramatists adapted an Italian model to portray concerns about growing old, he sheds new light on early modern society's complex attitudes toward aging.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Anthony Ellis is an associate professor of English at Western Michigan University, USA, where he teaches Shakespeare and other Renaissance literature. He serves as associate editor of the journal Comparative Drama.
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Contents: Introduction 'All the world is of this humor': senescence and melancholy in Shakespeare's England and the case of King Lear Old age and the uses of comedy: Bibbiena's Calandra and Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor Comedy and Florentine politics: the problem of generations Andrea Calmo, Renaissance Venice, and the challenge of the gerontocratic ideal 'Caso unico nel mondo delle Maschere' the comic mutations of the Pantalone mask in Flaminio Scala's Commedia dell' Arte scenarios Jonson's Alchemist and Dekker's Old Fortunatus: magic, mortality and the debasement of (the golden) age Old age and the Utopian project: The Tempest and The Old Law Bibliography Index.
Contents: Introduction 'All the world is of this humor': senescence and melancholy in Shakespeare's England and the case of King Lear Old age and the uses of comedy: Bibbiena's Calandra and Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor Comedy and Florentine politics: the problem of generations Andrea Calmo, Renaissance Venice, and the challenge of the gerontocratic ideal 'Caso unico nel mondo delle Maschere' the comic mutations of the Pantalone mask in Flaminio Scala's Commedia dell' Arte scenarios Jonson's Alchemist and Dekker's Old Fortunatus: magic, mortality and the debasement of (the golden) age Old age and the Utopian project: The Tempest and The Old Law Bibliography Index.
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