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The Buffoons, A Ridiculous Comedy: A Bilingual Edition
Iter Press, 2018 Paper: 978-0-86698-592-5 | eISBN: 978-0-86698-746-2 Library of Congress Classification PQ4621.C74B9413 2018 Dewey Decimal Classification 852.5
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
This translation makes The Buffoons, the first female-authored comedy printed in Italy, available to Anglophone readers for the first time. Published in 1641, this burlesque play depicts the mismatched sexual desires of a prince and princess. Although set in northern Africa, the comedy satirizes the Florentine court of Grand Duke Ferdinando II de’ Medici, one of Costa’s several elite patrons. By featuring the clownish antics of an unconventional cast of dwarfs, hunchbacks, and buffoons, it reflects the bizarre appetites and grotesque entertainments of the day. Ribald puns and commedia dell’arte-inspired slapstick abound, presenting the reader with a comic alternative to decorous women’s writing in early modern Italy. See other books on: Bilingual Edition | Drama | European | Italian | Women Authors See other titles from Iter Press |
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The Buffoons, A Ridiculous Comedy: A Bilingual Edition
ABOUT THIS BOOK | REVIEWS | TOC
Iter Press, 2018
Paper: 978-0-86698-592-5
eISBN: 978-0-86698-746-2
Paper: 978-0-86698-592-5
eISBN: 978-0-86698-746-2
This translation makes The Buffoons, the first female-authored comedy printed in Italy, available to Anglophone readers for the first time. Published in 1641, this burlesque play depicts the mismatched sexual desires of a prince and princess. Although set in northern Africa, the comedy satirizes the Florentine court of Grand Duke Ferdinando II de’ Medici, one of Costa’s several elite patrons. By featuring the clownish antics of an unconventional cast of dwarfs, hunchbacks, and buffoons, it reflects the bizarre appetites and grotesque entertainments of the day. Ribald puns and commedia dell’arte-inspired slapstick abound, presenting the reader with a comic alternative to decorous women’s writing in early modern Italy.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | REVIEWS | TOC
