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This book traces the development of pastoral drama as it evolved
over the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Italy. It considers
how writers of pastoral drama responded to social, cultural and
intellectual pressures and innovations, regarding critical
attitudes towards theatre and the arts.
The intellectual societies known as Academies played a vital role
in the development of culture, and scholarly debate throughout
Italy between 1525-1700. They were fundamental in establishing the
intellectual networks later defined as the 'Republique des
Lettres', and in the dissemination of ideas in early modern Europe,
through print, manuscript, oral debate and performance. This volume
surveys the social and cultural role of Academies, challenging
received ideas and incorporating recent archival findings on
individuals, networks and texts. Ranging over Academies in both
major and smaller or peripheral centres, these collected studies
explore the interrelationships of Academies with other cultural
forums. Individual essays examine the fluid nature of academies and
their changing relationships to the political authorities; their
role in the promotion of literature, the visual arts and theatre;
and the diverse membership recorded for many academies, which
included scientists, writers, printers, artists, political and
religious thinkers, and, unusually, a number of talented women.
Contributions by established international scholars together with
studies by younger scholars active in this developing field of
research map out new perspectives on the dynamic place of the
Academies in early modern Italy. The publication results from the
research collaboration 'The Italian Academies 1525-1700: the first
intellectual networks of early modern Europe' funded by the Arts
and Humanities Research Council and is edited by the senior
investigators.
The intellectual societies known as Academies played a vital role
in the development of culture, and scholarly debate throughout
Italy between 1525-1700. They were fundamental in establishing the
intellectual networks later defined as the 'Republique des
Lettres', and in the dissemination of ideas in early modern Europe,
through print, manuscript, oral debate and performance. This volume
surveys the social and cultural role of Academies, challenging
received ideas and incorporating recent archival findings on
individuals, networks and texts. Ranging over Academies in both
major and smaller or peripheral centres, these collected studies
explore the interrelationships of Academies with other cultural
forums. Individual essays examine the fluid nature of academies and
their changing relationships to the political authorities; their
role in the promotion of literature, the visual arts and theatre;
and the diverse membership recorded for many academies, which
included scientists, writers, printers, artists, political and
religious thinkers, and, unusually, a number of talented women.
Contributions by established international scholars together with
studies by younger scholars active in this developing field of
research map out new perspectives on the dynamic place of the
Academies in early modern Italy. The publication results from the
research collaboration 'The Italian Academies 1525-1700: the first
intellectual networks of early modern Europe' funded by the Arts
and Humanities Research Council and is edited by the senior
investigators.
One of the first pastoral dramas published by an Italian woman,
"Flori" is Maddalena Campiglia's most substantial surviving
literary work and one of the earliest known examples of secular
dramatic writing by a woman in Europe.
Although acclaimed in her day, Campiglia (1553-95) has not
benefited from the recent wave of scholarship that has done much to
enhance the visibility and reputation of contemporaries such as
Isabella Andreini, Moderata Fonte, and Veronica Franco. As this
bilingual, first-ever critical edition of "Flori" illustrates, this
neglect is decidedly unwarranted. "Flori" is a work of great
literary and cultural interest, noteworthy in particular for the
intensity of its focus on the experiences and perceptions of its
female protagonists and their ideals of female autonomy. "Flori"
will be read by those involved in the study of early modern
literature and drama, women's studies, and the study of gender and
sexuality in this period.
The enduring "black legend" of the Italian Counter-Reformation,
which has held sway in both scholarly and popular culture,
maintains that the Council of Trent ushered in a cultural dark age
in Italy, snuffing out the spectacular creative production of the
Renaissance. As a result, the decades following Trent have been
mostly overlooked in Italian literary studies, in particular. The
thirteen essays of Innovation in the Italian
Counter-Reformation present a radical reconsideration of
literary production in post-Tridentine Italy. With particular
attention to the much-maligned tradition of spiritual literature,
the volume’s contributors weave literary analysis together with
religion, theater, art, music, science, and gender to demonstrate
that the literature of this period not only merits study but is
positively innovative. Contributors include such renowned critics
as Virginia Cox and Amedeo Quondam, two of the leading scholars on
the Italian Counter-Reformation. Published by University of
Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University
Press. Â
The enduring "black legend" of the Italian Counter-Reformation,
which has held sway in both scholarly and popular culture,
maintains that the Council of Trent ushered in a cultural dark age
in Italy, snuffing out the spectacular creative production of the
Renaissance. As a result, the decades following Trent have been
mostly overlooked in Italian literary studies, in particular. The
thirteen essays of Innovation in the Italian
Counter-Reformation present a radical reconsideration of
literary production in post-Tridentine Italy. With particular
attention to the much-maligned tradition of spiritual literature,
the volume’s contributors weave literary analysis together with
religion, theater, art, music, science, and gender to demonstrate
that the literature of this period not only merits study but is
positively innovative. Contributors include such renowned critics
as Virginia Cox and Amedeo Quondam, two of the leading scholars on
the Italian Counter-Reformation. Published by University of
Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University
Press. Â
The Other Voice's edition of Barbara Torelli's pastoral drama
Partenia (c. 1586) is a groundbreaking contribution to the study of
early modern Italian literature and women's writing. This is the
first ever print edition of the earliest secular play by an Italian
woman, acclaimed at the time of its composition-the drama theorist
Angelo Ingegneri placed it on a par with Tasso's Aminta and
Guarini's Pastor fido-but long forgotten, to the extent that it was
believed lost until the early twentieth century, when the first
manuscript of it surfaced in Cremona.
Emerging in Italy in the mid-sixteenth century, pastoral drama is
one of the most characteristic genres of its time. Sampson traces
its uneven development into the following century by exploring
masterpieces by Tasso and Guarini, and many lesser known works,
some by women writers. She examines the treatment of key themes of
love, the Golden Age, and Nature and Art against the background of
the textual and stage production of the plays. An investigation of
critical writings associated with the genre further reveals its
significance to the contemporary literary scene, by stimulating
'modernizing' attitudes towards the canon, as well as new enquiries
into the function and possibilities of art.
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