| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 301 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Anti-courtly discourse furnished a platform for discussing some of the most pressing questions of early modern Italian society. The court was the space that witnessed a new form of negotiation of identity and prestige, the definition of masculinity and of gender-specific roles, the birth of modern politics and of an ethics based on merit and on individual self-interest. The Court and Its Critics analyzes anti-courtly critiques using a wide variety of sources including manuals of courtliness, dialogues, satires, and plays, from the mid-fifteenth to the early seventeenth century. The book is structured around four key figures that embody different features of anti-courtly sentiments. The figure of the courtier shows that sentiments against the court were present even among those who apparently benefitted from such a system of power. The court lady allows an investigation of the intertwining between anti-courtliness and antifeminism. The satirist and the shepherd of pastoral dramas are investigated as attempts to fashion two different forms of a new self for the court intellectual."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
1. The Courtier -- A new manual for a new profession -- The legacy of anti-courtly sentiments -- The game and its space -- Unhappy birds born in some miserable valley -- Conspicuous exclusions -- The courtier-counsellor -- Mutable selves -- The evolution of manuals of conduct at court -- Anti-courtliness and the Book of the Courtier's epigones -- Golden chains -- 2. The Lady -- Women, anti-feminism, and anti-courtliness in the Italian Renaissance -- The courtier's anxious masculinity -- The court is a woman -- The court is a witch -- Love and courtliness -- Court ladies and courtly power -- Court ladies and courtly competition -- Training a successful court lady -- Courtly competition and the court virtuose -- The warrior who sang with court ladies -- The court is a whore -- 3. The Satirist -- A paradise for satirists -- Classical and medieval sources -- De curialium miseriis and the onset of "modern" anti-court sentiments -- Satire/satirist/sat -- Anti-court satire par excellence: Ludovico Ariosto's Satire -- Italian anti-court verse satire: Early examples and leitmotifs -- The court in satires -- Courtly Fortuna -- Courtly payoffs -- Courtly interactions -- Courtly language -- Courtly malaise -- The courtly self -- The courtier as Proteus -- Anti-court satires and Renaissance society -- The whore, the virgin, and the satyr -- Ambition, success, and failure -- From amusement to invective -- Aretino's new anti-courtliness -- The court of heaven, the printer's garden -- The fate of the satirist -- 4. The Shepherd -- Pastoral anti-courtliness -- The villa versus the court -- The depiction of villa life in early modern Italy -- Anti-courtliness and agricultural literature -- The pastoral community -- Courtliness and anti-courtliness in pastoral plays -- The anomaly of Tasso's pastoral writings -- The anti-court motif in later pastoral plays -- Anti-courtliness in Guarini's Pastor Fido -- The redeemed court -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Access |
Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Italy -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 16th century.
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Italy. |
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Courts and courtiers. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
Italy -- Social life and customs -- 16th century.
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Manners and customs. |
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Satire, Italian -- History and criticism.
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Satire, Italian. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1599 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ugolini, Paola, 1974- Court and its critics. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2019 1487505442 (OCoLC)1090483683 |
| ISBN |
9781487532123 (electronic book) |
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1487532121 (electronic book) |
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9781487532161 (electronic book) |
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1487532164 (electronic book) |
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1487505442 |
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9781487505448 |
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