Author: Ward, Adrienne

China in 17th and 18th century Italy : travel literature, scholarly/reformist writings, theater
Date1998
Publish_location---
Publisher---
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeThesis/Dissertation (PDF)
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberDS740.5.I8 W37 1998d
Descriptiondig.pdf. [vi, 387 leaves ; 29 cm.]
NoteChina in 17th and 18th century Italy : travel literature, scholarly/reformist writings, theater / by Adrienne Ward.
Typescript.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 370-387).
Local access [Ward- China in Italy 17-18 c.pdf]

Chapter One. Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Italian Writings on China.
1. Italy ''Rediscovers" China. a. A Brief Historical Overview (ca. 1500-1700). b. The First Accounts: Ramusio and G. B. Maffei. 2. The Eye Witness Reports. a. Missionary Writings: Martini and Intorcetta. B. Merchant and Secular Reports: Carletti and Gemelli-Careri. 3. Italians at Home. a. Travel Accounts "Once-Removed:" Bartoli and Magalotti. b. Scholary Works: The China of the lntellectuals.
Chapter Two. The Italian Reception of China in the Eighteenth Century. Part One: 1700-1747.
a. The Missionary Dream Splinters: Writings on China by Religious. b. Opinions Multiply: Merchant Reports and Secular Compilations. c. Ruminations on Italian Soil: China According to the Scholars.
Part Two: 1748-1770. a. French Voices: Italy's Intellectual Importations. 1.Voltaire. 2. Montesquieu. 3. Rousseau. b. Italian Arguments: The Chinese Debate Escalates. 1. Genovesi. 2. Baretti and the Verri Brothers. 3. Algarotti, Parini, Beccaria.
Part Three: 1770-1812 ca. a.The Chinese Myth Endures: Late Settecento Supporters of China. 1. Galiani. 2. Filangieri. 3. Carli. b. New Scrutiny: China in Early Nineteenth-Century Italy. 1. Foscolo.
Chapter Three. Chiari's Chinese Adventure: La schiava cinese (1753) and Le sorelle cinesi (1754)
Chapter Four. Goldoni Goes to China: L 'isola disabitata (1757)
Chapter Five. China Refracted by Gozzi: Turandot 1762)
Conclusion.

SubjectChina--Description and travel--17th-18th centuries China in Western art China--In literature China--Foreign public opinion, European--17th-18th centuries China--Foreign public opinion, Italian--17th-18th centuries
Pagodas in play : China on the eighteenth-century Italian opera stage
Date2010
Publish_locationLewisburg, PA
PublisherBucknell University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
ShelfSeminar Room 102-103
Call NumberML1733.3.W37 2010
Description232 p. ; illus. ; 28.5 cm
Note

Pagodas in play : China on the eighteenth-century Italian opera stage / Ward, Adrienne

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the stage. Eighteenth-century exoticism and China -- China's journey from page to stage -- Playing with dynasty : China in opera seria. China in early opere serie (1700-1725) -- The enlightened imperial subject : Pietro Metastasio, L'eroe cinese (1752) -- Playing with reform : China in comic opera. Islands of opportunity : Carlo Goldoni, L'isola disabitata (1757) -- Rejecting false idols : Giambattista Lorenzi, L'idolo cinese (1767) -- Women traveling in new lands : Giovanni Bertati, L'inimico delle donne (1771).

SubjectPagodas--China Operas, Chinese Theater--Stage-setting and scenery
ISBN0838757960 ; 9780838757963
LCCN2009020539