The Metamorphoses of Commedia dell’Arte Whatever Happened to Harlequin?

The Metamorphoses of Commedia dell’Arte traces the steps by which Commedia has been transformed by cultural contact outside Italy into popular forms which bear little resemblance to the original. The book follows the Masks of Arlecchino, Pedrolino and Pulcinella as they gradually migrate and mutate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rudlin, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1: Harlekaan and Pantaleowne
  • Chapter 2: La Comédie Italienne
  • Chapter 3: William Hogarth and the Line of Beauty
  • Chapter 4: Harlequinade to Panto
  • Chapter 5: Disappeared without trace: Scaramouche, Colombina, Pantalone and the Male Lover
  • Chapter 6: Pulcinella and Zeza
  • Chapter 7: Punch & Judy
  • Chapter 8: Pedrolino to Pierrot
  • 9.Pierrot to Pierrot Shows – and back
  • Epilogue.-Timeline.-References.-Index