Rosalind Kerr

The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia Dell'arte Stage

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Produktbeschreibung

The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell'Arte Stage examines the emergence of the professional actress from the 1560s onwards in Italy.

Produktdetails

• Toronto Italian Studies
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 158mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781442649118
• ISBN-10: 1442649119
• Artikelnr.: 41961261

Autorenporträt

Rosalind Kerr is a professor emerita in the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Early Female Performer as Marketplace Fetish
2. Pornographic Bawds, Courtesans, and Maidservants
3. Iconic Prima Donnas
4. Transvestite Heroines
5. Isabella Andreini: The Making of a Diva
6. Conclusion