The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni

by Carlo Goldoni

Book Overview

"Painter and son of nature," wrote Voltaire, at that time the arbitrator and the dispenser of fame in cultured Europe, to Carlo Goldoni, then a rising dramatist, "I would entitle your comedies, 'Italy liberated from the Goths.'" The sage of Ferney's quick critical faculty had once again hit its sure mark, for it is Goldoni's supreme merit, and one of his chief titles to fame and glory, that he released the Italian theatre from the bondage of the artificial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1518750710
• ISBN13: 9781518750717
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"