Literary Riddle in Early Modern Italy

This book describes the development of the literary riddle in Renaissance Italy. It includes an original theoretical framework for the investigation of riddles, a section about the social uses of riddles in early modern Italy, and an examination of literary riddles

Sommario

Introduction
Chapter 1: Theoretical Framework
Chapter 2: Riddles as Social Exchange
Chapter 3: Riddles as Literary Inserts
Chapter 4: Collections of Poetic Riddles: Cenni, Daphne, Musici
Chapter 5: Collections of Poetic Riddles: Stigliani, Croce, Malatesti
Chapter 6: Malatesti's Legacy
Index

Info autore

Marco Arnaudo is a Professor of Italian at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he teaches classes about literature, games, comics, and military philosophy. His books include editions of 17th-century works and the monographies Il trionfo di Vertunno (2008), Dante barocco (2013), The Myth of the Superhero (2013), and A Tabletop Revolution (2024). He is the designer of the game Four against the Great Old Ones (2020) and has a video blog about tabletop games and gamebooks (MarcoOmnigamer, 25,000+ subscribers).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marco Arnaudo, Arnaudo Marco
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.08.2025
• EAN: 9781041042174
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4104217-4
• Pagine: 296
• Serie: Anglo-Italian Renaissance Studies
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica > Lirica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, European history: Renaissance, Literary studies: poetry and poets, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance