1st Edition

Massinger’s Italy Re-Imagining Italian Culture in the Plays of Philip Massinger

By Cristina Paravano Copyright 2024
182 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

182 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Massinger’s Italy: Re-Imagining Italian Culture in the Plays of Philip Massinger offers the first book-length account of the pervasive influence of Italian culture on the canon of Philip Massinger, one of the most successful playwrights of the post-Shakespearean period. This volume explores the relationships between Massinger and Italian literary, dramatic and intellectual culture in the... Read more

List of figures; AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: “As you walke the streetes of Florence”; 1. “New piles upon an old foundation”: Italian genres in the Massingerian canon; 2. “Familiar with all garbes gracious in England, Italie, Spaine or France”: Massinger and the Italian novella. 3. “A silent mourning through all Millaine”: The Italianate revenge tragedy; 4. “Sir Giles, that’s both a Lyon, and a Fox in his proceedings”: Italian rulership on the early modern stage; 5. “A Gentleman of the best ranke in Venice”: Visions of Venice; Conclusions: “Shew your self an Italian”; Bibliography; Index

Biography

Cristina Paravano is Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Milan, Italy. She authored a monograph on Renaissance multilingualism, Performing Multilingualism on the Caroline Stage in the Plays of Richard Brome (2018), and published articles in English Text Construction, Notes & QueriesShakespeareBorrowers and LendersBen Jonson Journal and Early Theatre, as well as several chapters in edited collections.