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Renaissance comedy. : the Italian masters
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ISBN: 144268898X 9781442688988 9780802092922 0802092926 9780802094841 0802094848 0802097235 9780802097231 9780802099990 0802099998 9781442697386 1442697385 1442691743 1442661836 Year: 2009 Publisher: Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press,

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In this second volume of Renaissance Comedy, Donald Beecher presents six more of the best-known plays of the period, each with its own introduction, reading notes, and annotations. Beecher's general introduction, though stand-alone, complements and extends the historical and critical essay prefacing the first volume. Together, the eleven plays in both volumes illuminate the range, variety, and development of the Italian comedy.The second volume of Renaissance Comedy raises fascinating questions about the uses of classical literature, the conventions of comedy, the politics of theatrical production, and the representation of contemporary social issues. Though it is clear that comedic plays exercised considerable influence over the development of European drama, these plays are above all remarkable for their sheer wit and invention, and their capacity to generate laughter and admiration in readers nearly half a millennium later.


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Italian journal of geosciences : bollettino della Società geologica italiana e del Servizio geologico d'Italia.
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ISSN: 20381727 Year: 2009 Publisher: Roma : Società geologica italiana : Servizio geologico d'Italia,


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Historical dictionary of the Etruscans
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ISBN: 1282499718 9786612499715 0810863049 9780810863040 9780810854710 0810854716 9781282499713 6612499710 Year: 2009 Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press,

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The Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans relates the history of this culture through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, a introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects.

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Etruscans --- Etruria --- Italy --- Antiquities --- Civilization, Etruscan --- Etrurians --- Repubblica italiana (1946- ) --- Italian Republic (1946- ) --- Włochy --- Regno d'Italia (1861-1946) --- Iṭalyah --- Italia --- Italie --- Italien --- Italii︠a︡ --- Kgl. Italienische Regierung --- Königliche Italienische Regierung --- إيطاليا --- Īṭāliyā --- جمهورية الإيطالية --- Jumhūrīyah al-Īṭālīyah --- Італія --- Італьянская Рэспубліка --- Italʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Италия --- Италианска република --- Italianska republika --- Ιταλία --- Ιταλική Δημοκρατία --- Italikē Dēmokratia --- 이탈리아 --- It'allia --- 이탈리아 공화국 --- It'allia Konghwaguk --- איטליה --- רפובליקה האיטלקית --- Republiḳah ha-Iṭalḳit --- Lýðveldið Ítalía --- Itālija --- Itālijas Republika --- Italijos Respublika --- Olaszország --- Olasz Köztársaság --- イタリア --- Itaria --- イタリア共和国 --- Itaria Kyōwakoku --- Italiya Respublikasi --- Италия Республикаси --- Italii︠a︡ Respublikasi --- Итальянская Республика --- Італійська Республіка --- Italiĭsʹka Respublika --- İtalya --- İtalya Cumhuriyeti --- איטאליע --- Iṭalye --- 意大利 --- Yidali --- 意大利共和国 --- Yidali Gongheguo --- Laško --- Antiquities. --- Etruscans. --- HISTORY --- Ancient. --- Europe --- Italy. --- Ethnology --- Italic peoples --- Sardinia (Italy) --- Італійська Республіка


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Lelia's kiss : imagining gender, sex, and marriage in Italian Renaissance comedy
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ISBN: 1442697539 9781442697539 9780802099518 0802099513 Year: 2009 Publisher: Toronto, [Canada] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press,

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In Lelia's Kiss, Laura Giannetti offers a new perspective on the way gender and marriage were portrayed, imagined, and critiqued on stage during the Italian Renaissance. Going beyond the traditional canon, Giannetti focuses her study on the social and cultural scripts found in a wide array of comedies of the period to reveal the relativity of sex and gender roles and their cultural construction in Renaissance society. Giannetti argues that the comedic dialogue and cross-dressing characters so prevalent in Italian Renaissance comedies played with the presuppositions of the day and engaged with contemporary social norms, expectations, and desires. Cross-dressing female characters reveal the relativity of sex and gender roles, and also present a vision of female empowerment. At the same time, cross-dressing male characters suggest a unique perception of the male life cycle that was more uncertain and contested than often assumed, and show more broadly how masculinity was also socially and culturally constructed. In discussing marriage, sexuality, and gender roles, the comedies deploy a social scripting that not only reflects and comments on the everyday life of the time, but also interacts with it with playful humor and revealing insight.


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Writing gender in women's letter collections of the Italian Renaissance
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ISBN: 1442697830 9781442697836 9780802097040 0802097049 Year: 2009 Publisher: Toronto Saint-Lazare, Quebec

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Ray's study includes extensive new archival research and highlights a widespread interest in women's letter collections during the Italian Renaissance that suggests a deep curiosity about the female experience and a surprising openness to women's participation in this kind of literary production.


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Creative interventions : the role of intellectuals in contemporary Italy.
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ISBN: 9781443813532 1443813532 Year: 2009 Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars

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Italian literature --- History of civilization --- anno 1900-1999 --- Italy --- Intellectuals --- History --- #KVHA:Taalkunde; Italiaans --- #KVHA:Cultuurgeschiedenis; Italië --- #KVHA:Intellectuelen; Italië --- #KVHA:Geschiedenis; Italië --- #KVHA:Politiek; Italië --- #KVHA:Literatuur; Italië --- Intelligentsia --- Persons --- Social classes --- Specialists --- Repubblica italiana (1946- ) --- Italian Republic (1946- ) --- Włochy --- Regno d'Italia (1861-1946) --- Iṭalyah --- Italia --- Italie --- Italien --- Italii︠a︡ --- Kgl. Italienische Regierung --- Königliche Italienische Regierung --- إيطاليا --- Īṭāliyā --- جمهورية الإيطالية --- Jumhūrīyah al-Īṭālīyah --- Італія --- Італьянская Рэспубліка --- Italʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Италия --- Италианска република --- Italianska republika --- Ιταλία --- Ιταλική Δημοκρατία --- Italikē Dēmokratia --- 이탈리아 --- It'allia --- 이탈리아 공화국 --- It'allia Konghwaguk --- איטליה --- רפובליקה האיטלקית --- Republiḳah ha-Iṭalḳit --- Lýðveldið Ítalía --- Itālija --- Itālijas Republika --- Italijos Respublika --- Olaszország --- Olasz Köztársaság --- イタリア --- Itaria --- イタリア共和国 --- Itaria Kyōwakoku --- Italiya Respublikasi --- Италия Республикаси --- Italii︠a︡ Respublikasi --- Итальянская Республика --- Італійська Республіка --- Italiĭsʹka Respublika --- İtalya --- İtalya Cumhuriyeti --- איטאליע --- Iṭalye --- 意大利 --- Yidali --- 意大利共和国 --- Yidali Gongheguo --- Laško --- Sardinia (Italy) --- Intellectual life --- Італійська Республіка


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Famiglie e poteri in Italia tra Medioevo ed Età moderna
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ISBN: 9782728308453 2728308454 Year: 2009 Volume: 422 Publisher: Roma Ecole française de Rome

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Case, casati, consorterie : le molte declinazioni, private, giuridiche e politiche della famiglia italiana di antico regime sono esplorate in questo volume, che raccoglie gli atti del convegno Famiglie e poteri in Italia tra Medioevo ed età moderna, svoltosi a Lucca dal 9 all’11 giugno 2005. I saggi indagano la famiglia come protagonista della politica e le politiche della famiglia; la famiglia come soggetto del potere (più o meno condiviso) e la famiglia come oggetto del potere-disciplina. La tensione fra il « privato », inteso come relazioni e identità familiari, e il « pubblico », inteso come politiche strettamente legate a queste relazioni e identità, perché ne derivano o perché le determinano, è al centro di un volume che non si occupa solo di aristocrazie e di élites, ma anche di artigiani e contadini, soprattutto grazie all’uso di fonti giudiziarie. Una delle scommesse di questo convegno era, infatti, di fare un bilancio dell’incontro fra due storiografie, quella sullo Stato e quella sulla famiglia, nella prospettiva della relazione fra edificazione di un’organizzazione politica e costruzione di norme e comportamenti privati e familiari.

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Families --- Kinship --- Nobility --- Familles --- Parenté --- Noblesse --- History --- Congresses. --- Congresses --- Histoire --- Congrès --- Italy --- Italie --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- Conferences - Meetings --- Parenté --- Congrès --- Family --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- Social aspects --- Repubblica italiana (1946- ) --- Italian Republic (1946- ) --- Włochy --- Regno d'Italia (1861-1946) --- Iṭalyah --- Italia --- Italien --- Italii︠a︡ --- Kgl. Italienische Regierung --- Königliche Italienische Regierung --- إيطاليا --- Īṭāliyā --- جمهورية الإيطالية --- Jumhūrīyah al-Īṭālīyah --- Італія --- Італьянская Рэспубліка --- Italʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Италия --- Италианска република --- Italianska republika --- Ιταλία --- Ιταλική Δημοκρατία --- Italikē Dēmokratia --- 이탈리아 --- It'allia --- 이탈리아 공화국 --- It'allia Konghwaguk --- איטליה --- רפובליקה האיטלקית --- Republiḳah ha-Iṭalḳit --- Lýðveldið Ítalía --- Itālija --- Itālijas Republika --- Italijos Respublika --- Olaszország --- Olasz Köztársaság --- イタリア --- Itaria --- イタリア共和国 --- Itaria Kyōwakoku --- Italiya Respublikasi --- Италия Республикаси --- Italii︠a︡ Respublikasi --- Итальянская Республика --- Італійська Республіка --- Italiĭsʹka Respublika --- İtalya --- İtalya Cumhuriyeti --- איטאליע --- Iṭalye --- 意大利 --- Yidali --- 意大利共和国 --- Yidali Gongheguo --- Laško --- Sardinia (Italy) --- Італійська Республіка --- Families - Italy - History - Congresses. --- Italy - Social conditions - Congresses.


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Medieval Italy : texts in translation.
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ISBN: 9780812241648 0812241649 Year: 2009 Publisher: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press

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Italy --- Italie --- History --- Sources. --- Histoire --- Sources --- 091:945 --- 091 "04/14" --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Geschiedenis van Italië --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Middeleeuwen --- 091 "04/14" Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Middeleeuwen --- 091:945 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Geschiedenis van Italië --- Repubblica italiana (1946- ) --- Italian Republic (1946- ) --- Włochy --- Regno d'Italia (1861-1946) --- Iṭalyah --- Italia --- Italien --- Italii︠a︡ --- Kgl. Italienische Regierung --- Königliche Italienische Regierung --- إيطاليا --- Īṭāliyā --- جمهورية الإيطالية --- Jumhūrīyah al-Īṭālīyah --- Італія --- Італьянская Рэспубліка --- Italʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Италия --- Италианска република --- Italianska republika --- Ιταλία --- Ιταλική Δημοκρατία --- Italikē Dēmokratia --- 이탈리아 --- It'allia --- 이탈리아 공화국 --- It'allia Konghwaguk --- איטליה --- רפובליקה האיטלקית --- Republiḳah ha-Iṭalḳit --- Lýðveldið Ítalía --- Itālija --- Itālijas Republika --- Italijos Respublika --- Olaszország --- Olasz Köztársaság --- イタリア --- Itaria --- イタリア共和国 --- Itaria Kyōwakoku --- Italiya Respublikasi --- Италия Республикаси --- Italii︠a︡ Respublikasi --- Итальянская Республика --- Італійська Республіка --- Italiĭsʹka Respublika --- İtalya --- İtalya Cumhuriyeti --- איטאליע --- Iṭalye --- 意大利 --- Yidali --- 意大利共和国 --- Yidali Gongheguo --- Laško --- Sardinia (Italy) --- Італійська Республіка


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Le radici storiche dell'antisemitismo: nuove fonti e ricerche : atti del Seminario di studi Roma, 13-14 dicembre 2007.
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ISBN: 9788883343780 Year: 2009 Publisher: Roma Viella

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Antisemitism --- Jews --- Antisémitisme --- Juifs --- History --- Congresses. --- Histoire --- Congrès --- Italy --- Italie --- Ethnic relations --- Relations interethniques --- 296*81 --- Religieus antisemitisme --- Conferences - Meetings --- 296*81 Religieus antisemitisme --- Antisémitisme --- Congrès --- Hebrews --- Israelites --- Jewish people --- Jewry --- Judaic people --- Judaists --- Ethnology --- Religious adherents --- Semites --- Judaism --- Anti-Jewish attitudes --- Anti-Semitism --- Prejudices --- Philosemitism --- Repubblica italiana (1946- ) --- Italian Republic (1946- ) --- Włochy --- Regno d'Italia (1861-1946) --- Iṭalyah --- Italia --- Italien --- Italii︠a︡ --- Kgl. Italienische Regierung --- Königliche Italienische Regierung --- إيطاليا --- Īṭāliyā --- جمهورية الإيطالية --- Jumhūrīyah al-Īṭālīyah --- Італія --- Італьянская Рэспубліка --- Italʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Италия --- Италианска република --- Italianska republika --- Ιταλία --- Ιταλική Δημοκρατία --- Italikē Dēmokratia --- 이탈리아 --- It'allia --- 이탈리아 공화국 --- It'allia Konghwaguk --- איטליה --- רפובליקה האיטלקית --- Republiḳah ha-Iṭalḳit --- Lýðveldið Ítalía --- Itālija --- Itālijas Republika --- Italijos Respublika --- Olaszország --- Olasz Köztársaság --- イタリア --- Itaria --- イタリア共和国 --- Itaria Kyōwakoku --- Italiya Respublikasi --- Италия Республикаси --- Italii︠a︡ Respublikasi --- Итальянская Республика --- Італійська Республіка --- Italiĭsʹka Respublika --- İtalya --- İtalya Cumhuriyeti --- איטאליע --- Iṭalye --- 意大利 --- Yidali --- 意大利共和国 --- Yidali Gongheguo --- Laško --- Sardinia (Italy) --- Італійська Республіка


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Forme e modelli del rotocalco italiano tra fascismo e guerra : [Convegno] Milano, 2-3 ottobre 2008
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ISBN: 9788865210154 886521015X Year: 2009 Volume: 115 Publisher: Milano : Cisalpino,

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Rotogravures --- Illustrated periodicals --- Photojournalism --- History --- Italy --- Social life and customs --- Engraving --- Photogravures --- Camera journalism --- Editorial photography --- Journalism, Camera --- Journalistic photography --- News photography --- Photo journalism --- Photography, Journalistic --- Photography for the press --- Press photography --- Commercial photography --- Journalism --- Periodicals --- Journalism, Pictorial --- Repubblica italiana (1946- ) --- Italian Republic (1946- ) --- Włochy --- Regno d'Italia (1861-1946) --- Iṭalyah --- Italia --- Italie --- Italien --- Italii︠a︡ --- Kgl. Italienische Regierung --- Königliche Italienische Regierung --- إيطاليا --- Īṭāliyā --- جمهورية الإيطالية --- Jumhūrīyah al-Īṭālīyah --- Італія --- Італьянская Рэспубліка --- Italʹi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Rėspublika --- Италия --- Италианска република --- Italianska republika --- Ιταλία --- Ιταλική Δημοκρατία --- Italikē Dēmokratia --- 이탈리아 --- It'allia --- 이탈리아 공화국 --- It'allia Konghwaguk --- איטליה --- רפובליקה האיטלקית --- Republiḳah ha-Iṭalḳit --- Lýðveldið Ítalía --- Itālija --- Itālijas Republika --- Italijos Respublika --- Olaszország --- Olasz Köztársaság --- イタリア --- Itaria --- イタリア共和国 --- Itaria Kyōwakoku --- Italiya Respublikasi --- Италия Республикаси --- Italii︠a︡ Respublikasi --- Итальянская Республика --- Італійська Республіка --- Italiĭsʹka Respublika --- İtalya --- İtalya Cumhuriyeti --- איטאליע --- Iṭalye --- 意大利 --- Yidali --- 意大利共和国 --- Yidali Gongheguo --- Laško --- Sardinia (Italy) --- Італійська Республіка --- Rotogravures - Italy - History - 20th century - Congresses --- Illustrated periodicals - Italy - History - 20th century - Congresses --- Photojournalism - Italy - History - 20th century - Congresses --- Italy - History - 1922-1945 - Congresses --- Italy - Social life and customs - 1914-1945 - Congresses --- Périodiques illustrés --- 1922-1945

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