Maggie Gunsberg: 2 books
The Epic Rhetoric of Tasso
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
"Maggie Gunsberg examines the ""poetica"" and ""poesia"" of Tasso in the context of the historical and cultural climate in which he lived. His epic theory is explored from the point of view of three rhetorical faculties current in 16th-century poetics:...
Playing with Gender
The Comedies of Goldoni
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
"This work takes gender as its point of entry into the comedies of Carlo Goldoni (1707-93). The dramatization of femininity and masculinity is explored in conjunction with that of other social categories (class, the family, and age). The plays reinforce the patriarchal association of femininity...