tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post3501234833414460306..comments2024-03-24T08:30:43.258+01:00Comments on FLY HIGH!: SHAKESPEARE'S ITALYMaria Graziahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-3948963390838792202011-06-19T13:15:07.614+02:002011-06-19T13:15:07.614+02:00Really interesting, Maria... the comment that make...Really interesting, Maria... the comment that makes sense to me is this:<br /><br />" What I tend to believe is that Italy for Shakespeare was more a great alibi: quite a distant elsewhere from Elizabethan England, both culturally and geographically, so distant to seem exotic but sufficiently near and similar to be a mirror to English society. Italy is the place of civilization, of Renaissance culture and arts,as well as of courtesy as great social and moral value. At the same time, Italy is the setting of personal and political danger, of corruption and Machiavellian amorality." <br /><br />It's very easy to believe that England was isolated and undeveloped, but serious trade and therefore serious diplomacy had been occurring between England and Europe since the earliest Middle Ages and it stands to reason that Shakespeare would have been well-informed of such places as an illustrious member of the 'Players' of London. In many ways the use of such places for his works is no different to authors these days who choose similarly exotic places for their settings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-63471055045076250702011-06-16T02:04:17.656+02:002011-06-16T02:04:17.656+02:00All three books sound so interesting--I like the n...All three books sound so interesting--I like the notion that for the English, Italy was a mythic land...as it is for me, even now!JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-20669858682893907302011-06-14T09:02:21.231+02:002011-06-14T09:02:21.231+02:00@Giada
Glad you like it, G. Thanks for your comme...@Giada <br />Glad you like it, G. Thanks for your comment.<br />@K/V<br />I've heard a lot about Shakespeare being Italian, I thought that hypothesis rather fanciful and I didn't give much credit to the rumours so, I haven't mentioned them.<br />As for the movie you refer to, Anonymous (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1521197/), that's something I'm really interesting in, of course. Let's see when it comes out to judge. Thanks for your as-usual-interesting contribution, K/V.<br />Buon lavoro! MGMaria Graziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876779286144473782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-28934486305416224702011-06-14T07:16:23.646+02:002011-06-14T07:16:23.646+02:00...and what about the fascinating theory that Shak......and what about the fascinating theory that Shakespeare was, in fact, Italian himself? There are lots of books/essays claiming his Sicilian origins (Scrollalanza=ShakeSpeare) and the identification with that Florio you've mentioned. On this same subject, I'm curious about next Roland Emmerich (!) movie, Anonymous, due next October (?), with Rhys Ifans as the Bard.<br />K/VAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114395886235179043.post-47714035575661115512011-06-14T00:16:30.375+02:002011-06-14T00:16:30.375+02:00This is such an interesting topic! Thank you for p...This is such an interesting topic! Thank you for posting, Maria Grazia! :DGiada M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13098861932902533824noreply@blogger.com