Theatre and the Rise of the Italian Novel: Venice 1753-84.
The essay discusses the rich and complex relationship that was played out publicly in eighteenth-century Venice between a well-established theatre and a newly emerging indigenous novel. Two of the key figures, Pietro Chiari and Antonio Piazza, had a foot in both camps; their 'theatre novels', far fr...
| Published in: | Italian Studies Vol. 67; no. 1; pp. 37 - 56 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2012
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