Italian Culture in the Drama of Shakespeare & His Contemporaries: Rewriting, Remaking, Refashioning

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Michele Marrapodi
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007 - 286 Seiten
The essays collected here reconsider the pervasive influence of Italian culture, literature and traditions on early modern English drama. The volume focuses strongly on Shakespeare but also includes contributions on Marston, Middleton, Ford, Brome, Aretino, and other early modern dramatists.

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Introduction
1
2
21
Frances K Barasch
27
as a Source for Henry V
39
Transactions in the Comedies
51
5
75
Reading Practices
83
7
99
Harington Troilus and Cressida and the Poets
127
Shakespeares Dreams Sprites and the Recognition Game
146
Shakespeare and Venice
169
the ReFashioning of
187
The Tempest as Italianate DisguisedDuke Play
207
Thomas Middleton Pietro Aretino
223
Index
273
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Michele Marrapodi is Full Professor of English Language and Literature, and History of English Drama in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Palermo, Italy.

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