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From Plautus to Tootsie: Italian Renaissance Comedy

Louise George Clubb talks about Italian Renaissance comedy, which began with classical writers Plautus and Terence and was rediscovered by sixteenth-century Italian writers of comedy including Ariosti, Bibbieno, and Machiavelli; the influence of the Italian form on Shakespeare; and its … Continue reading

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