The Other Voice 's edition of Barbara Torelli's pastoral drama Partenia (c. 1586) is a groundbreaking contribution to the study of early modern Italian literature and women's writing. This is the first ever print edition of the earliest secular play by an Italian woman, acclaimed at the time of its composition--the drama theorist Angelo Ingegneri placed it on a par with Tasso's Aminta and Guarini's Pastor fido --but long forgotten, to the extent that it was believed lost until the early twentieth century, when the ...
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The Other Voice 's edition of Barbara Torelli's pastoral drama Partenia (c. 1586) is a groundbreaking contribution to the study of early modern Italian literature and women's writing. This is the first ever print edition of the earliest secular play by an Italian woman, acclaimed at the time of its composition--the drama theorist Angelo Ingegneri placed it on a par with Tasso's Aminta and Guarini's Pastor fido --but long forgotten, to the extent that it was believed lost until the early twentieth century, when the first manuscript of it surfaced in Cremona.
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Add this copy of Partenia, a Pastoral Play: a Bilingual Edition (Volume to cart. $62.07, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Iter Press.
Add this copy of Partenia, a Pastoral Play: a Bilingual Edition (Volume to cart. $135.73, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Iter Press.