Gender and the Italian Stage
Subtitle: From the Renaissance to the Present Day
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 1, 2009
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780521041294
Subjects: Plays & playwrights; Continental European; Theater - History & Criticism; Women's Studies - History; Drama / Continental European; Italian drama--History and criticism; Philosophy / History, Criticism, Surveys; Plays / Drama; Italian
First sentence: This exploration of gender on the Italian stage begins with an assessment of the role of female characters in Italian Renaissance comedy.