Limit this search to....

The Venetian Origins of the Commedia dell'Arte
Contributor(s): Jordan, Peter (Author)
ISBN: 0415698766     ISBN-13: 9780415698764
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $65.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2013
Qty:
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism
Dewey: 792.094
LCCN: 2013021979
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.80 lbs) 250 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

The Venetian Origins of the Commedia dell'Arte is a striking new enquiry into the late-Renaissance stirrings of professional secular comedy in Venice, and their connection to the development of what came to be known as the Commedia dell'Arte. The book contends that through a symbiotic collaboration between patrician amateurs and plebeian professionals, innovative forms of comedy developed in the Venice region, fusing 'high' and 'low' culture in a provocative mix that had a truly mass appeal.

Rich with anecdotes, diary entries and literary - often ribald - comic passages, Peter Jordan's central argument has important implications for the study of Venetian art, popular theatre and European cultural history.