Lawrence ‘Who the Devil taught thee so much Italian?’

Italian language learning and literary imitation in early modern England
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-439-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 229 Seiten

This book offers a comprehensive account of the methods and practice of learning modern languages, especially Italian, in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century England.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lawrence, Jason

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 ‘Mie new London Companions for Italian and French’: modern language learning in Elizabethan England
Petrarch and the Italian sonnet as language-learning tools
William Drummond’s Italian studies
2. ‘A stranger borne /To be indenized with us, and made our owne’: Samuel Daniel and the naturalisation of Italian literary forms
'Delia' and the assimilation of the Italian sonnet
Daniel and Italian pastoral drama
3. ‘Give me the ocular proof’: Shakespeare’s Italian language-learning habits
Shakespeare’s tragicomedic dramatisations of Italian novelle
Marston’s 'The Malcontent' and Guarinian tragicomedy
'Othello', Cinthio and 'Orlando furioso'
Conclusion - Seventeenth-century language learning
Appendix: John Wolfe’s Italian publications
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence Jason:
Jason Lawrence is Lecturer in English at the University of HullJason Lawrence is Lecturer in English at the University of Hull