Lisa Sampson

Pastoral Drama in Early Modern Italy

The Making of a New Genre

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the development of pastoral drama as it evolved over the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Italy. It considers how writers of pastoral drama responded to social, cultural and intellectual pressures and innovations, regarding critical attitudes towards theatre and the arts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 173mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780367604165
• ISBN-10: 0367604167
• Artikelnr.: 69890049

Autorenporträt

Lisa Sampson

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Earliest Examples of Pastoral Drama: The
Self-Conscious Evolution of a New Genre 3. Tasso's Aminta: Raising the
Profile of the Pastoral Play 4. Imitations and Innovations after Tasso's
Aminta: Accommodating a Female Voice 5. Guarini's Pastor fido: The
Establishment of an Ethical and Political Model of Pastoral Drama 6.
Performing Pastoral Drama 7. Pastoral Drama in the Seventeenth Century and
Beyond