The Literary Riddle in Early Modern Italy

This book describes the development of the literary riddle in Renaissance Italy. It includes an original theoretical framework for the investigation of riddles, a section about the social uses of riddles in early modern Italy, and an examination of literary riddles

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Marco Arnaudo is a Professor of Italian at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he teaches classes about literature, games, comics, and military philosophy. His books include editions of 17th-century works and the monographies Il trionfo di Vertunno (2008), Dante barocco (2013), The Myth of the Superhero (2013), and A Tabletop Revolution (2024). He is the designer of the game Four against the Great Old Ones (2020) and has a video blog about tabletop games and gamebooks (MarcoOmnigamer, 25,000+ subscribers).

Inhalt

Introduction

Chapter 1: Theoretical Framework

Chapter 2: Riddles as Social Exchange

Chapter 3: Riddles as Literary Inserts

Chapter 4: Collections of Poetic Riddles: Cenni, Daphne, Musici

Chapter 5: Collections of Poetic Riddles: Stigliani, Croce, Malatesti

Chapter 6: Malatesti's Legacy

Index