The Court and Its Critics : : Anti-Court Sentiments in Early Modern Italy / / Paola Ugolini.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• VerfasserIn: Ugolini, Paola,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Toronto Italian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 12 b&w illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Chapter One. The Courtier --; Chapter Two. The Lady --; Chapter Three. The Satirist --; Chapter Four. The Shepherd --; Afterword --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487532161; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704747; 9783110704532; 9783110690453
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487532161
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Paola Ugolini.

Anti-courtly discourse furnished a platform for discussing some of the most pressing questions of early modern Italian society. The court was the space that witnessed a new form of negotiation of identity and prestige, the definition of masculinity and of gender-specific roles, the birth of modern politics and of an ethics based on merit and on individual self-interest. The Court and Its Critics analyses anti-courtly critiques using a wide variety of sources including manuals of courtliness, dialogues, satires, and plays, from the mid-fifteenth to the early seventeenth century. The book is structured around four key figures that embody different features of anti-courtly sentiments. The figure of the courtier shows that sentiments against the court were present even among those who apparently benefitted from such a system of power. The court lady allows an investigation of the intertwining of anti-courtliness and anti-feminism. The satirist and the shepherd of pastoral dramas are investigated as attempts to fashion two different forms of a new self for the court intellectual.