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Author:   Alexandra Coller
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9780367881818

ISBN 10:   0367881810
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Women as Protagonists in Male-Authored Drama: Comedy and Tragedy Chapter 1: Fathers, Daughters, Crossdressing, and Names: Women, Rhetoric, and Education in Commedia Erudita Coda to Chapter 1: Margherita Costa’s Li buffoni (1641): The First (Extant) Female-Authored Scripted Comedy Chapter 2: Fashioning a Genealogy: The Rhetoric of Friendship and Female Virtue in Italian Renaissance Tragedy Coda to Chapter 2: Valeria Miani’s Celinda (1611) Among Fin de Siècle Italian Tragedies Part II. Women as Authors/ Women as Protagonists: Pastoral Tragicomedy Chapter 3: Women Writers and the Canon: Satyr Scenes in Female-Authored Pastoral Drama Chapter 4: Isabetta Coreglia’s Dori (1634): Writing Pastoral Drama Against the Backdrop of the Male Canon and an Incipient Female-Authored Tradition Chapter 5: Isabetta Coreglia’s Erindo il fido (1650) and Isabella Andreini’s Mirtilla (1588): Using A Female-Authored Classic as Paradigm Appendix: excerpts from Isabetta Coreglia’s Raccolta manuscript Bibliography Index

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""The intriguing glimpses into unknown plays, both male- and female-authored, plus the richly documented scholarship make this work very useful and likely to lead to many future explorations."" - Janet Levarie Smarr, University Of California, San Diego

The intriguing glimpses into unknown plays, both male- and female-authored, plus the richly documented scholarship make this work very useful and likely to lead to many future explorations. - Janet Levarie Smarr, University Of California, San Diego

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Alexandra Coller is Associate Professor and Director of the Italian Program at Lehman College, City University of New York, USA.

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