Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 301 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-1-4875-3216-1
,
978-1-4875-3212-3
Series Statement:
Toronto Italian studies
Content:
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 anti-feminism. 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
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-4875-0544-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Hof
;
Höfische Kultur
;
Höfling
;
Kritik
DOI:
10.3138/9781487532161
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487532161
