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A sudden frenzy : improvisation, orality, and power in Renaissance Italy

Title
  1. A sudden frenzy : improvisation, orality, and power in Renaissance Italy / James K. Coleman.
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  1. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
  2. ©2022
Author
  1. Coleman, James K., 1981-

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Description
  1. x, 231 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "In Renaissance Italy there existed a rich interplay between two cultural practices frequently regarded as entirely separate and mutually antagonistic: the humanistic study of the ancient world and ancient literature, and the oral and improvisational performance of poetry which constituted one of the most popular forms of entertainment. A Sudden Frenzy explores the development and impact of these Renaissance practices of improvisation and oral poetry. James K. Coleman shows how the confluence of humanist culture and the art of oral poetry resulted in an extraordinary turn toward improvisation and spontaneity that profoundly influenced poetry, music, and politics. By examining the culture of improvisation, this book reveals the ways in which Renaissance thinkers transcended cultural dichotomies, both in theory and in practice. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including letters, poetry, visual art, and philosophical texts, A Sudden Frenzy reveals the far-reaching and sometimes surprising ways that these phenomena shaped cultural developments in the Italian Renaissance and beyond."--
Series statement
  1. Toronto Italian studies
Uniform title
  1. Toronto Italian studies.
Subject
  1. 1268-1559
  2. Vocal music > Italy > 15th century > History and criticism
  3. Folk poetry, Italian > History and criticism
  4. Performance poetry > Italy > History and criticism
  5. Italian poetry > 15th century > History and criticism
  6. Improvisation (Music) > History > 15th century
  7. Humanism > Italy
  8. Renaissance > Italy
  9. Civilization
  10. Folk poetry, Italian
  11. Humanism
  12. Improvisation (Music)
  13. Italian poetry
  14. Performance poetry
  15. Renaissance
  16. Vocal music
  17. Italy > Civilization > 1268-1559
  18. Italy
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. The Uses of Oral Poetry in Quattrocento Florence -- "Inspired and Possessed": Marsilio Ficino and Oral Poetry -- "Secret Frenzies": Angelo Poliziano and Invention -- "The Power to Stir Up Others": Lorenzo de' Medici and Improvisation -- The Improviser and the World of the Courts.
Call number
  1. JME 22-232
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.
Author
  1. Coleman, James K., 1981- author.
Title
  1. A sudden frenzy : improvisation, orality, and power in Renaissance Italy / James K. Coleman.
Publisher
  1. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Copyright date
  1. ©2022
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Toronto Italian studies
  2. Toronto Italian studies.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1268-1559
Other form:
  1. Online version: Coleman, James K., 1981- Sudden frenzy. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2022 1487563469 9781487563462 (OCoLC)1281783596
ISBN
  1. 9781487563448 (cloth)
  2. 1487563442 (cloth)
Research call number
  1. JME 22-232
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