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Jo Ann Cavallo
Teaching the Italian Renaissance Romance Epic [EPUB ebook]

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The Italian romance epic of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with its multitude of characters, complex plots, and roots in medieval Carolingian epic and Arthurian chivalric romance, was a form popular with courtly and urban audiences. In the hands of writers such as Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso, works of remarkable sophistication that combined high seriousness and low comedy were created. Their works went on to influence Cervantes, Milton, Ronsard, Shakespeare, and Spenser.In this volume instructors will find ideas for teaching the Italian Renaissance romance epic along with its adaptations in film, theater, visual art, and music. An extensive resources section locates primary texts online and lists critical studies, anthologies, and reference works.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 392 ● ISBN 9781603293679 ● Editor Jo Ann Cavallo ● Publisher The Modern Language Association of America ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 8063195 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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