The Court and Its Critics : : Anti-Court Sentiments in Early Modern Italy / / 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 p...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Toronto Italian Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 12 b&w illustrations |
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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 |
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Summary: | 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. |
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. |