{"product_id":"pulcinellas-brood-karen-t-raizen-9781487555788","title":"Pulcinella's Brood: Popular Culture in the Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003ePulcinella, a Neapolitan clown born of the commedia dell'arte tradition, went viral in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He was an unlikely hero, grotesque in his mannerisms, with a bulging belly, occasional hunchback, and an insatiable desire for macaroni. Still, this bulbous misfit took his place next to kings, caliphs, and intellectual heavyweights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePulcinella's Brood\u003c\/em\u003e traces the transnational arc of the Enlightenment-era Pulcinella, from his native Naples to Paris, from Rome to London. The book explores how Pulcinella was inserted into discourses about social order, aesthetics, and politics - how he became a revolutionary, a critic of the Catholic Church, and a champion of education. It examines how Pulcinella, along with his transnational brood, was a constant, pervasive presence during the Enlightenment and a squeaky-voiced participant in the ideological and theoretical debates that defined the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the diffusion of Italian popular comedy throughout Europe, \u003cem\u003ePulcinella's Brood\u003c\/em\u003e proposes that Pulcinella, a grotesque, food-obsessed clown, can be wielded as a historical disruptor and a rich and dynamic source for casting both the Enlightenment and our contemporary world in a different light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen T. Raizen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487555784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487555788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Karen T. Raizen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46465635877119,"sku":"9781487555788","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb22aa17-0f10-4624-acc7-0a92b7eb088a.jpg?v=1736346839","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pulcinellas-brood-karen-t-raizen-9781487555788","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}