Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance - Hardcover

Giannetti

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080187257X ISBN 13: 9780801872570

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003

Synopsis

A fresh translation of five important and popular comedies from the Italian Renaissance, along with an introduction addressing the texts, their translation, and the social and cultural world of Renaissance comedy.

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About the Author

Guido Ruggiero is professor and chair of the Department of History at the University of Miami. He is coeditor and cotranslator of Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance, also published by Johns Hopkins, and author of several books, including Sex and Gender in Historical Perspective; Binding Passions: Tales of Magic, Marriage, and Power at the End of the Renaissance; and The Boundaries of Eros: Sex, Crime, and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080187257X
• ISBN 13: 9780801872570
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360