Performing Witchcraft, Exorcism, and Abortion on the Italian Renaissance Stage: The Witch and The Possessed Girl by Antonfrancesco Grazzini
Author:   Mary Gallucci
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   8
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
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Performing Witchcraft, Exorcism, and Abortion on the Italian Renaissance Stage: The Witch and The Possessed Girl by Antonfrancesco Grazzini


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Author:   Mary Gallucci
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032749099


ISBN 10:   1032749091
Pages:   8
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 1. Grazzini’s Literary Background 2. Grazzini and Comic Theory 3. Grazzini and Comic Practice 4. “Boy eternal” and a Taxonomy of Children’s Games 5. Witchcraft and the Female Body 6. Comic Catharsis or Tragic Purge? 2. The Possessed Girl (La Spiritata) 3. The Witch (La Strega) 4. Appendix: Two Carnival Songs 5. Bibliography 6. Index

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Mary Gallucci received a PhD in Italian Studies from the University of Connecticut and holds degrees in Comparative Literature and Romance Languages from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Albertus Magnus College. She researches race and violence in the early modern period; Italian intertexts in English drama; and eros, identity, and classical culture in Renaissance literary and visual arts. At the University of Connecticut, Gallucci has taught courses in English and World Literature, Shakespeare, and the Art of the Italian Renaissance, incorporating themes of gender and sexuality; race, heritage, and memory; and literature and the environment. She has taught Italian Language and Culture and plans additional translations from Italian.

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