James K Coleman

A Sudden Frenzy

Improvisation, Orality, and Power in Renaissance Italy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Sudden Frenzy explores the intellectual and cultural history of improvisation and oral poetry in Renaissance Italy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 776g
• ISBN-13: 9781487563448
• ISBN-10: 1487563442
• Artikelnr.: 62853195

Autorenporträt

James K. Coleman is an assistant professor of Italian at the University of Pittsburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Uses of Oral Poetry in Quattrocento Florence
2. "Inspired and Possessed": Marsilio Ficino and Oral Poetry
3. "Secret Frenzies": Angelo Poliziano and Invention
4. "The Power to Stir Up Others": Lorenzo de’ Medici and Improvisation
5. The Improviser and the World of the Courts
Conclusion
Works Cited
Notes