Cleopatra in Italian and English Renaissance drama /

Cleopatra in Italian and English Renaissance drama /

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Author / Creator:	Montanari, Anna Maria, author.
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Renaissance History, Art and Culture ; 4 Renaissance history, art and culture.
Subject:	Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- -30 B.C. -- In literature. Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- -30 B.C. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600. English drama -- 17th century. Italian drama -- To 1700. English drama. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan. Italian drama. Literature.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12032312

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ISBN:	9789462985995 9462985995
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-299) and index.
Summary:	This book considers some of the main adaptations of the character of Cleopatra for the Renaissance stage, traveling from Italy to England to arrive finally to Shakespeare. It shows how each reading of the story of Cleopatra is unique to and expressive of the culture which produced it, even as writers drew from the same sources from Antiquity. For the first time texts belonging to different cultures, rigorously presented, are brought into dialogue on such questions as moral standpoint, gender and the representation of the exotic. Moreover, through the fascinating figure of Cleopatra, the reader is able to explore the development of Renaissance tragedy, in its commercial and non-commercial versions. Ultimately both questions at the heart of this study - concerning Cleopatra's identity and her translation into theatre - converge to be (dis)solved by Shakespeare.

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Call Number:	PN57.C55 M66 2019
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