Revisiting Shakespeare’s Italian Resources
is about the complex dynamics of transmission and transformation of the Italian sources of twelve Shakespearean plays, from
The Two Gentlemen
of Verona
to
Cymbeline
. It focuses on the works of Sir Giovanni Fiorentino, Da Porto, Bandello, Ariosto, Dolce, Pasqualigo, and Groto, as well as on
commedia dell’arte
practices. This book discusses hitherto unexamined materials and revises received interpretations, disclosing the relevance of memorial processes within the broad field of intertextuality vis-à-vis conscious reuses and intentional practices.