The Buffoons, A Ridiculous Comedy – A Bilingual Edition
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0866985921
ISBN-13
9780866985925
Publisher
Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US
Imprint
Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 16th, 2018
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
632 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.50 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Plays, playscripts
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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.
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