The court and its critics : anti-court sentiments in early modern Italy

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Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Courtier A new manual for a new profession The legacy of anti-courtly sentiments The game and its space Unhappy birds born in some miserable valley Conspicuous exclusions The courtier-counsellor Mutable selves The evolution of manuals of conduct at court Anti-courtliness and the Book of the Courtier’s epigones Golden chains 2 The Lady Women, anti-feminism, and anti-courtliness in the Italian Renaissance The courtier’s anxious masculinity The court is a woman The court is a witch Love and courtliness Court ladies and courtly power Court ladies and courtly competition Training a successful court lady Courtly competition and the court virtuose The warrior who sang with court ladies The court is a whore 3 The Satirist A paradise for satirists Classical and medieval sources De curialium miseriis and the onset of “modern” anti-court sentiments Satire/satirist/sat Anti-court satire par excellence: Ludovico Ariosto’s Satire Italian anti-court verse satire: Early examples and leitmotifs The court in satires Courtly Fortuna Courtly payoffs Courtly interactions Courtly language Courtly malaise The courtly self The courtier as Proteus Anti-court satires and Renaissance society The whore, the virgin, and the satyr Ambition, success, and failure From amusement to invective Aretino’s new anti-courtliness The court of heaven, the printer’s garden The fate of the satirist 4 The Shepherd Pastoral anti-courtliness The villa versus the court The depiction of villa life in early modern Italy Anti-courtliness and agricultural literature The pastoral community Courtliness and anti-courtliness in pastoral plays The anomaly of Tasso’s pastoral writings The anti-court motif in later pastoral plays Anti-courtliness in Guarini’s Pastor Fido The redeemed court Afterword Notes Bibliography Index