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The scruffy scoundrels : a new English translation of Gli Straccioni in a dual-language edition /

Annibal Caro's 'Scruffy Scoundrels' presents a new English translation of 'Gli straccioni' in a dual-language edition with a new introduction and notes. This play provides a comic look at the chaos and corruption of Rome in the 16th century as powerful families attempted to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caro, Annibal, 1507-1566 (Author)
Other Authors: Beecher, Donald (Translator), Ciavolella, Massimo, 1942- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Italian
Language Notes:Play in parallel Italian and English, introduction and notes in English.
Published: New York : Italica Press, [2017]
Series:Italica Press Renaissance and modern plays series.
Subjects:
European drama > Renaissance, 1450-1600.
Italian drama (Comedy)
Table of Contents:
  • About the translators
  • Introduction
  • A brief life
  • Literary production
  • The genesis of Gli Straccioni and subsequent publication
  • Further critical and historical considerations
  • The plot
  • The language
  • The translation
  • Select bibliography
  • The scruffy scoundrels.