Download or read book The True Friend II Vero Amico written by Carlo Goldoni and published by Sparkling Books. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True to Goldoni's mixture of comic wit and farce, the plot is a breathtakingly fast succession of twists and turns which only unravel in the very final lines with a surprise ending. Two friends are in love with the same young woman. Neither wants to place their friendship in jeopardy. How can love triumph without breaking off their friendship? Goldoni explores the conflicts brought about when Florindo has to choose between Lelio, his best friend, and Rosaura, his best friend's fiancée. Added to this conundrum are the issues of whether Ottavio, the old miser, will provide a dowry and the mature Beatrice's unashamed incessant pursuit of Florindo. The play is set in Bologna in Lelio's house. Florindo is a guest along with his faithful manservant. From the opening of the play, Florindo seeks to return home to Venice in order not to damage his friend's relationship. However, his departure is obstructed time and again by his hosts, leading to one complication after another. From the beginning, the plot is intense and fast-moving with inversions fed into the action in quick succession. This creates suspense which continues throughout the play as potential marriage partners are switched back and forth until the very ending when the audience finally discovers what the main characters' destiny will be. Will love or friendship prevail? The Venetian element is brought into this play through Florindo and his manservant, both Venetians. Apart from these two characters, all the others are portrayed as self-seeking, selfish and sly - whether servants or masters. The tension is kept at a constantly high level by the struggles between the characters. These struggles are not just brought about through love and friendship but are also generational and social. Furthermore, there is the added complication in the contrast of the characters' ideas of reality as they deceive one another. This creates dramatic irony and humour as the audience know more than any of the characters on stage. The Italian text is taken from: Carlo Goldoni, Tutte le opere, a cura di Giuseppe Ortolani, Mondadori, Milano, 1935. In Memoirs (Carlo Goldoni's autobiography), Goldoni states: "This play [Il vero amico] is one of my favourites and I have had the greatest pleasure in seeing that the audience is of my opinion". Chap. X

Download or read book Il Vero Amico The True Friend written by Carlo Goldoni and published by Sparkling Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carlo Goldoni's classic comedy 'Il vero amico', translated as 'The True Friend', is presented here in English and Italian.

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Download or read book Textual Cultures of Medieval Italy written by William Randolph Robins and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on papers presented at the 41st Conference on Editorial Problems held at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., from Nov. 6 - 8th, 2005.

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Download or read book Firenze Nel Quattrocento Famiglia e societ written by Anthony Molho and published by Storia e Letteratura. This book was released on 2006 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insegna Studi Mediterranei all'Istituto Universitario Europeo di Fiesole; è stato fellow di Villa I Tatti (The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies a Firenze) e Visiting Professor all'Università degli Studi di Firenze e all'Università di Atene. Ha pubblicato Florentine Public Finances in the Early Renaissance e Marriage Alliance in Late Medieval Florence (ambedue presso la Harvard University Press). Con Franek Sznura ha curato l'edizione di Alle Bocche della Piazza. Diario di anonimo fiorentino (1382-1401 (Olschki, 1986). Per le Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura ha pubblicato Firenze nel Quattrocento. Vol. I, Politica e fiscalità (2006).

Download or read book A New Dictionary of the Italian and English Language Based Upon that of Baretti and Containing Among Other Additions and Improvements Numerous Neologisms written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Companion to Early Modern Naples written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-05-24 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naples was one of the largest cities in early modern Europe, and for about two centuries the largest city in the global empire ruled by the kings of Spain. Its crowded and noisy streets, the height of its buildings, the number and wealth of its churches and palaces, the celebrated natural beauty of its location, the many antiquities scattered in its environs, the fiery volcano looming over it, the drama of its people’s devotions, the size and liveliness - to put it mildly - of its plebs, all made Naples renowned and at times notorious across Europe. The new essays in this volume aim to introduce this important, fascinating, and bewildering city to readers unfamiliar with its history. Contributors are: Tommaso Astarita, John Marino, Giovanni Muto, Vladimiro Valerio, Gaetano Sabatini, Aurelio Musi, Giulio Sodano, Carlos José Hernando Sánchez, Elisa Novi Chavarria, Gabriel Guarino, Giovanni Romeo, Peter Mazur, Angelantonio Spagnoletti, J. Nicholas Napoli, Gaetana Cantone, Anthony DelDonna, Sean Cocco, Melissa Calaresu, Nancy Canepa, David Gentilcore, Diana Carrió-Invernizzi, and Anna Maria Rao. The publisher, editor, and contributors mourn the passing of Gaetana Cantone, who died in April 2013.