Convent theatre in early modern Italy : spiritual fun and learning for women / Elissa B. Weaver.
Convent theatre in early modern Italy : spiritual fun and learning for women / Elissa B. Weaver.
Convent theatre in early modern Italy : spiritual fun and learning for women / Elissa B. Weaver.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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N792.022/13
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English
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xiii, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Renaissance culture in Italian convents, 1450-1650 -- 2. The convent theatre tradition -- 3. Plays and playwrights: the earliest examples -- 4. Spiritual comedies in the convents -- 5. From manuscript to print, from the convent to the world -- 6. Beyond Tuscany.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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England
Date Published
2002.
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"Beginning with the earliest known performances of miracle and mystery plays (sacre rappresentazioni) in the late fifteenth century, the book follows the development in the convents at the turn of the sixteenth century of spiritual comedy and of a variety of dramatic forms in the seventeenth century. Convent theatre both reflected the high level of...
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Convent theatre in early modern Italy : spiritual fun and learning for women / Elissa B. Weaver.
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Cambridge studies in Italian history and culture.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-290) and index.
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N792.022/13
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74Vv8JNQ8zR3
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0521550823
9780521550826
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792.022
792.09450903
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991014155159702626
