{"product_id":"the-court-and-its-critics-paola-ugolini-9781487505448","title":"The Court and Its Critics: Anti-Court Sentiments in Early Modern Italy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnti-courtly discourse furnished a platform for discussing some of the most pressing questions of early modern Italian society. The court was the space that witnessed a new form of negotiation of identity and prestige, the definition of masculinity and of gender-specific roles, the birth of modern politics and of an ethics based on merit and on individual self-interest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Court and Its Critics\u003c\/em\u003e analyses anti-courtly critiques using a wide variety of sources including manuals of courtliness, dialogues, satires, and plays, from the mid-fifteenth to the early seventeenth century. The book is structured around four key figures that embody different features of anti-courtly sentiments. The figure of the courtier shows that sentiments against the court were present even among those who apparently benefitted from such a system of power. The court lady allows an investigation of the intertwining of anti-courtliness and anti-feminism. The satirist and the shepherd of pastoral dramas are investigated as attempts to fashion two different forms of a new self for the court intellectual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paola Ugolini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487505442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487505448\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 03\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.06w x 1.10d","brand":"Paola Ugolini","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075853709567,"sku":"9781487505448","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b218904e-8039-4d20-8591-80e8d3f261be.jpg?v=1685461825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-court-and-its-critics-paola-ugolini-9781487505448","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}