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This book is about the Renaissance revitalization of classical drama. Using a cultural and a theatrical approach, it shows how Italian playwrights made ancient tragedy relevant to their audiences. The book challenges the traditional critical approach to the Italian Renaissance tragedy as a mere literary work, and calls attention to the complementary function of the theatrical text, which is OOreconstructedOO from the stage directions embedded in the discourse of the characters.

The Italian Tragedy in the Renaissance: Cultural Realities and Theatrical Innovations

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    Publisher: Bucknell University Press
    Publication Date: 01/01/2002
    ISBN13: 9781611481471, 978-1611481471
    ISBN10: 1611481473

    Number of Pages: 272

    Non Fiction

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    This book is about the Renaissance revitalization of classical drama. Using a cultural and a theatrical approach, it shows how Italian playwrights made ancient tragedy relevant to their audiences. The book challenges the traditional critical approach to the Italian Renaissance tragedy as a mere literary work, and calls attention to the complementary function of the theatrical text, which is OOreconstructedOO from the stage directions embedded in the discourse of the characters.

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