Title: The Italian world of English Renaissance drama
Description: It is widely accepted that English Renaissance drama owes its extraordinary richness and variety to the blending of elements originating from the medieval heritage and classical and Italian dramatic traditions. This grafting of the "Italian world" onto the English Renaissance goes far beyond the conventional research of the literary sources.

The articles in this collection explore English Renaissance drama through new and challenging aspects of influence and through investigations into classical and Italian theater. The volume moves from early Elizabethan to late Jacobean drama. The area of research ranges from New Classical Comedy to commedia erudita, from the Renaissance theory of tragedy and tragicomedy to the birth of pastoral drama and beyond.
Subjects: Intertextuality, Comparative Literature, English drama, History and criticism, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Renaissance, Italian influences, English and Italian, Italian and English, In literature, History, English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600, English drama, history and criticism, 17th century, Comparative literature, english and italian, Renaissance, england, Italy, in literature
Places: England, Italy
Time periods: Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, 17th century, 16th century