A Sudden Frenzy : : Improvisation, Orality, and Power in Renaissance Italy / / James K. Coleman.
In Renaissance Italy there existed a rich interplay between two cultural practices frequently regarded as entirely separate and mutually antagonistic: the humanistic study of the ancient world and ancient literature, and the oral and improvisational performance of poetry, which constituted one of th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Toronto Italian Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 8 b&w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One. The Uses of Oral Poetry in Quattrocento Florence
- Chapter Two “Inspired and Possessed”: Marsilio Ficino and Oral Poetry
- Chapter Three “Secret Frenzies”: Angelo Poliziano and Invention
- Chapter Four “The Power to Stir Up Others”: Lorenzo de’ Medici and Improvisation
- Chapter Five. The Improvisor and the World of the Courts
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index