Performing Witchcraft, Exorcism, and Abortion on the Italian Renaissance Stage

A study of Antonfrancesco Grazzini's place in theater history, revealing his experiments with performance technique, sexual themes, and varied linguistic registers. Grazzini celebrates the artistic and popular traditions of Renaissance Florence.

Auteur

Mary Gallucci received a Ph.D. in Italian Studies from the University of Connecticut and holds degrees in Comparative Literature and Romance Languages from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Albertus Magnus College. She researches race and violence in the Early Modern period; Italian intertexts in English drama; and eros, identity, and classical culture in Renaissance literary and visual arts. At the University of Connecticut, Gallucci has taught courses in English and World Literature, Shakespeare, and the Art of the Italian Renaissance, incorporating themes of gender and sexuality; race, heritage, and memory; and literature and the environment. She has taught Italian Language and Culture and plans additional translations from Italian.