An Italian Renaissance Sextet : : Six Tales in Historical Context /

An Italian Renaissance Sextet : : Six Tales in Historical Context / / Lauro Martines.

An Italian Renaissance Sextet is a collection of six tales offering a unique view of the history of Renaissance Italy, with fiction and fictional modes becoming gateways to a real, historical world. All written between 1400 and 1500 - among them a rare gem by Lorenzo the Magnificent and a famous acc...

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VerfasserIn:
Martines, Lauro,
TeilnehmendeR:
Baca, Murtha.
MitwirkendeR:
Manetti, Antonio,
Medici, Lorenzo de\x27,
Prato, Giovanni Gherardi da,
Sermini, Gentile,
Veneziano, Piero,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2004
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • SIX TALES AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS
  • ONE
  • 1. RICCIARDA
  • 2. The Real in the Imaginary: Ricciarda
  • TWO
  • 1. SCOPONE
  • 2. Ceremonies of Identity:Scopone
  • THREE
  • 1. FRIAR AND PRIEST
  • 2. A Ritual Cleansing: Friar and Priest
  • FOUR
  • 1. BIANCO ALFANI
  • 2. The Wages of Social Sin: Bianco Alfani
  • FIVE
  • 1. GIACOPPO
  • 2. A Patriotic Prank: Giacoppo
  • SIX
  • 1. THE FAT WOODCARVER
  • 2. Who Does He Think He Is? The Fat Woodcarver
  • BIBLIOGRAPHIC COMMENTARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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