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- catalog abstract "Italian Renaissance comedy is a literary genre previously found by most critics to be totally lacking in originality. Until recent years, many literary historians dismissed these comic productions as mere imitations of the works of Plautus and Terence. Douglas Radcliff-Umstead, however, provides a detailed analytical and comparative study of Renaissance comedy in Italy and shows it to be not a pallid imitation, but original drama which expressed Renaissance values and depicted contemporary customs.--[book jacket].".
- catalog contributor b5840572.
- catalog created "[1969]".
- catalog date "1969".
- catalog date "[1969]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1969]".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 277-280.".
- catalog description "Italian Renaissance comedy is a literary genre previously found by most critics to be totally lacking in originality. Until recent years, many literary historians dismissed these comic productions as mere imitations of the works of Plautus and Terence. Douglas Radcliff-Umstead, however, provides a detailed analytical and comparative study of Renaissance comedy in Italy and shows it to be not a pallid imitation, but original drama which expressed Renaissance values and depicted contemporary customs.--[book jacket].".
- catalog description "The humanistic prelude -- The emergence of the erudite comedy -- Rebel and academic comedies -- Conclusion: The creation of a modern comic theater -- Appendix 1. Plots of Latin plays -- Appendix 2. Plots of Italian plays.".
- catalog extent "ix, 285 p.".
- catalog issued "1969".
- catalog issued "[1969]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago, University of Chicago Press".
- catalog spatial "Italy.".
- catalog subject "852/.3/09".
- catalog subject "Italian drama (Comedy) History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PQ4149 .R3 1969".
- catalog subject "PQ4149 .R3".
- catalog subject "Renaissance Italy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The humanistic prelude -- The emergence of the erudite comedy -- Rebel and academic comedies -- Conclusion: The creation of a modern comic theater -- Appendix 1. Plots of Latin plays -- Appendix 2. Plots of Italian plays.".
- catalog title "The birth of modern comedy in Renaissance Italy.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".