The Venetian Origins of the Commedia dell'Arte

The Venetian Origins of the Commedia dell'Arte

Forfatter: Peter Jordan
Forlag: Taylor & Francis
Udgave: 1
Udgivelsesdato: 2013
ISBN: 9780415698764

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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.

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