The Scruffy Scoundrels : A Dual-Language Edition.

By:

Caro, Annibal

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Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781599103341

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European drama-Renaissance, 1450-1600-History and criticism

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Scruffy ScoundrelsDDC classification:

809.20094

LOC classification:

PN1785 .C376 2017

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Summary: Annibal Caro wrote The Scruffy Scoundrels (Gli Straccioni) in Rome in early 1543 for his patron Pierluigi Farnese, the eldest son of Pope Paul III. Its performance was delayed, then canceled after the death of its patron. The play, which survives in a unique manuscript, is a masterpiece of humanist playwriting. The two "scruffy scoundrels," the love squabble between servants, the stock farcical routines, the comic invectives and the long pathetic side-tales all derive from the forms, plots and characters of ancient Roman comedy. Caro's play, set firmly in the streets of early modern Rome, is both a social satire and an endorsement of the civic and legal reforms promoted by the Farnese pope, Paul III. Introduction, bibliography, plot summary, notes.

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Annibal Caro wrote The Scruffy Scoundrels (Gli Straccioni) in Rome in early 1543 for his patron Pierluigi Farnese, the eldest son of Pope Paul III. Its performance was delayed, then canceled after the death of its patron. The play, which survives in a unique manuscript, is a masterpiece of humanist playwriting. The two "scruffy scoundrels," the love squabble between servants, the stock farcical routines, the comic invectives and the long pathetic side-tales all derive from the forms, plots and characters of ancient Roman comedy. Caro's play, set firmly in the streets of early modern Rome, is both a social satire and an endorsement of the civic and legal reforms promoted by the Farnese pope, Paul III. Introduction, bibliography, plot summary, notes.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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