{"product_id":"performing-witchcraft-exorcism-and-abortion-mary-gallucci-9781032749099","title":"Performing Witchcraft, Exorcism, and Abortion on the Italian Renaissance Stage: The Witch and the Possessed Girl by Antonfrancesco Grazzini","description":"\u003cp\u003eAntonfrancesco Grazzini's plays, \u003cem\u003eLa Spiritata (The Possessed Girl)\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLa Strega (The Witch), \u003c\/em\u003e are available in English for the first time, with notes and an \"Introduction\". These plays deal with witchcraft, superstition, sexuality, and abortion. The context for such themes is analyzed in the \"Introduction\". Grazzini enhanced literary drama with elements from popular performances. He influenced other playwrights, including in England, where \u003cem\u003eThe Possessed Girl\u003c\/em\u003e was adapted as the Elizabethan comedy, \u003cem\u003eThe Bugbears\u003c\/em\u003e. Writer and linguist John Florio used Grazzini's plays in his lexicon of Italian for English learners. Grazzini celebrated artistic and popular traditions of Renaissance Florence; he is significant for writing and preserving many literary genres, especially the burlesque and carnivalesque. He participated in Florentine spectacle and theater, as a writer of plays, a composer of interludes, and a chronicler of festive events. His importance to the development of the Italian language is evident in his plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Gallucci\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032749091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032749099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Mary Gallucci","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659796623615,"sku":"9781032749099","price":61.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/performing-witchcraft-exorcism-and-abortion-mary-gallucci-9781032749099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}