Sperone Speroni was among the leading literary figures in Renaissance Italy, renowned as a theorist, essayist and author of dialogues (on love, discord, the dignity of women, and language), some of which led to problems with the Inquisition. His drama Canace (1542) gave rise to a polemic that resonated beyond his native country due to its controversial topic: incest. The ill-fated lovers (and siblings) Canace and Macareus are discovered by their father, Aeolus, king of the winds, who wreaks terrible vengeance on them-not realizing that Venus is the instigator of their love for each other. With a plot derived from Ovid and dramatic elements taken from Seneca, the tragedy of Canace raises questions about the problem of incest and its role in the debate regarding nature versus culture, a controversial topic that is still current. Elio Brancaforte is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, Tulane University. A comparatist, his interests include translation, cultural exchange, early modern travel literature and drama, and the history of cartography. Currently he is working on a project that examines how Safavid Iran was represented in word and image in six different European travel accounts.

Canace

Literature & Fiction

Speroni, Sperone

Dramas & Plays

Dovehouse Editions

Opere Di M. Sperone Speroni Degli Alvarotti Tratte Da'mss. Originali... (Italian Edition)

World Literature

Legare Street Press

Apologia Di Dante: Scritta Intorno Al 1575 Dal Padovano Sperone Speroni (Italian Edition)

History & Criticism

Nabu Press

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Vedova, Giuseppe Dalla

History

Teatro Italiano Antico, Volume 8 (English and Italian Edition)

Ariosto, Lodovico

Buonarroti, Michelangelo

Teatro Italiano Antico, Volume 2 (English and Italian Edition)

Alcune Prose Scelte (Italian Edition)

Gamba, Bartolommeo

Biographical accounts by several of Titian’s contemporaries, including Giorgio Vasari and Pietro Aretino, trace the fascinating and prolific life of this master of the Italian Renaissance. As the most important member of the sixteenth-century Venetian school, Titian (ca. 1488–1576) reached a level of professional success rivaled only by Raphael, Michelangelo, and, later, Rubens.

Lives of Titian (Lives of the Artists)

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Vasari, Giorgio

ARETINO, PIETRO

Dolce, Lodovico

Priscianese, Francesco

J.paul Getty Museum

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