{"product_id":"who-the-devil-taught-thee-jason-lawrence-9780719069154","title":"'Who the Devil Taught Thee So Much Italian?': Italian Language Learning and Literary Imitation in Early Modern England","description":"This book offers a comprehensive account of the methods and practice of learning modern languages, particularly Italian, in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century England. It is the first study to suggest a fundamental connection between language-learning habits and the techniques for both reading and imitating Italian materials employed by a range of poets and dramatists, such as Daniel, Drummond, Marston and Shakespeare, in the period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe widespread use of bilingual parallel-text instruction manuals from the 1570s onwards, most notably those of the Italian teacher John Florio, highlights the importance of translation in the language-learning process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis study emphasises the impact of language-learning translation on contemporary habits of literary imitation, in its detailed analyses of Daniel's sonnet sequence 'Delia' and his pastoral tragicomedies, and Shakespeare's use of Italian materials in 'Measure for Measure' and 'Othello'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0719069157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780719069154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Jason Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44717161382143,"sku":"9780719069154","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5e3ee89-d19f-4f48-9334-67c9e5916a6c.jpg?v=1705687216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/who-the-devil-taught-thee-jason-lawrence-9780719069154","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}