The Poetics of Imitation in the Italian Theatre of the Renaissance

by Salvatore Di Maria

The theatre of the Italian Renaissance was directly inspired by the classical stage of Greece and Rome, and many have argued that the former imitated the latter without developing a new theatre tradition. In this book, Salvatore DiMaria investigates aspects of innovation that made Italian Renaissance stage a modern, original theatre in its own right. He provides important evidence for creative imitation at work by comparing sources and imitations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442647124
• ISBN13: 9781442647121
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher