Il Cortegiano and the Choice of a Game
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10410980 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas M Greene (Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173-186 |
| Publication date | 1979-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4338 • E-ISSN: 1935-0236 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2860087 |
| OpenAlex | W2324631740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
The narrative of the Libro del Cortegiano involves at once subdued drama and slightly risky play. It begins with a game whose purpose is to propose a second game which will occupy the company at Urbino for the rest of the evening. This elaborately two-tiered pastime suggests immediately the centrality and formality of play for this group, and throws the dramatic focus on the question of a given proposal's suitability. The reader doesn't know what criteria will determine the excellence of the winning invention, but he is allowed to participate in the consideration of each. Thus in this preliminary contest, Gasparo Pallavicino makes a proposal, and then Cesare Gonzaga another; then the buffoon Fra Serafino and the poet, the Unico Aretino, each makes a kind of non-proposal in bad faith, which has to be dealt with by the arbitress, Emilia Pia
Aesthetics · Art · CONTEST · Drama · Epistemology · Excellence · Faith · Formality · Humanities · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Italian Literature and Culture · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2008 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |