Title
The Buffoons, A Ridiculous Comedy
Role
Author: Margherita Costa
Editors/translators: Sara Diaz, Jessica Goethals
Files
Document Type
Book
Description/Summary
OVEME v.63. This translation makes The Buffoons, the first female-authored comedy printed in Italy, available to Anglophone readers for the first time. Published in 1641, this burlesque play depicts the mismatched sexual desires of a prince and princess. Although set in northern Africa, the comedy satirizes the Florentine court of Grand Duke Ferdinando II de’ Medici, one of Costa’s several elite patrons. By featuring the clownish antics of an unconventional cast of dwarfs, hunchbacks, and buffoons, it reflects the bizarre appetites and grotesque entertainments of the day. Ribald puns and commedia dell’arte-inspired slapstick abound, presenting the reader with a comic alternative to decorous women’s writing in early modern Italy.
ISBN
9780866985925
Publication Date
2018
Publication Information
Costa, Margherita. The Buffoons, A Ridiculous Comedy. Edited and translated by Sara E. Díaz and Jessica Goethals, ACMRS Publications, 2018.
Recommended Citation
Costa, Margherita; Diaz, Sara; and Goethals, Jessica, "The Buffoons, A Ridiculous Comedy" (2018). Modern Languages & Literature Faculty Book Gallery. 12.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/modernlanguagesandliterature-books/12
Comments
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