Old age, masculinity, and early modern drama : comic elders on the Italian and Shakespearean stage
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Ashgate, [2009].
Physical Desc
190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Status
Prescott College - CIRCCOLL - Circulating Collection
PR658.A43 E66 2009
1 available
PR658.A43 E66 2009
1 available
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Published
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Ashgate, [2009].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"This first book-length study to trace the evolution of the comic old man in Italian and English Renaissance comedy shows how English dramatists adopted and reimagined an Italian model to reflect native concerns about and attitudes toward growing old. Anthony Ellis provides an in-depth study of the comic old man in the erudite comedy of sixteenth-century Florence; the character's parallel development in early modern Venice, including the commedia dell'arte; and, along with a consideration of Anglo-Italian intertextuality, the character's subsequent flourishing on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage. In outlining the character's development, Ellis identifies and describes the physical and behavioral characteristics of the comic old man and situates these traits within early modern society by considering prevailing medical theories, sexual myths, and intergenerational conflict over political and economic circumstances. The plays examined include Italian dramas by Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena, Niccol ̣Machiavelli, Donato Giannotti, Lorenzino de' Medici, Andrea Calmo, and Flaminio Scala, and English works by William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Dekker, along with Middleton, Rowley, and Heywood's The Old Law. Besides providing insight into stage representations of aging, this book illuminates how early modern people conceived of and responded to the experience of growing old and its social, economic, and physical challenges."--Publisher's description.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Aging -- Public opinion -- History -- 16th century.
Aging -- Public opinion -- History -- 17th century.
Aging in literature.
English drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.
English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
English drama -- Italian influences.
Italian drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.
Italian drama -- To 1700 -- History and criticism.
Old age in literature.
Aging -- Public opinion -- History -- 17th century.
Aging in literature.
English drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.
English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.
English drama -- Italian influences.
Italian drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.
Italian drama -- To 1700 -- History and criticism.
Old age in literature.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ellis, A. (2009). Old age, masculinity, and early modern drama: comic elders on the Italian and Shakespearean stage . Ashgate.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Anthony. 2009. Old Age, Masculinity, and Early Modern Drama: Comic Elders On the Italian and Shakespearean Stage. Ashgate.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Anthony. Old Age, Masculinity, and Early Modern Drama: Comic Elders On the Italian and Shakespearean Stage Ashgate, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Anthony. Old Age, Masculinity, and Early Modern Drama: Comic Elders On the Italian and Shakespearean Stage Ashgate, 2009.
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