{"product_id":"pulcinella-s-brood-1","title":"Pulcinella’s Brood","description":"\u003cp\u003ePulcinella, a Neapolitan clown born of the \u003cem\u003ecommedia dell’arte\u003c\/em\u003e tradition, went viral in Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He was an unlikely hero, grotesque in his mannerisms, with a bulging belly, occasional hunchback, and an insatiable desire for macaroni. Still, this bulbous misfit took his place next to kings, caliphs, and intellectual heavyweights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePulcinella’s Brood\u003c\/em\u003e traces the transnational arc of the Enlightenment-era Pulcinella, from his native Naples to Paris, from Rome to London. The book explores how Pulcinella was inserted into discourses about social order, aesthetics, and politics – how he became a revolutionary, a critic of the Catholic Church, and a champion of education. It examines how Pulcinella, along with his transnational brood, was a constant, pervasive presence during the Enlightenment and a squeaky-voiced participant in the ideological and theoretical debates that defined the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the diffusion of Italian popular comedy throughout Europe, \u003cem\u003ePulcinella’s Brood\u003c\/em\u003e proposes that Pulcinella, a grotesque, food-obsessed clown, can be wielded as a historical disruptor and a rich and dynamic source for casting both the Enlightenment and our contemporary world in a different light. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Karen T. Raizen\u003cBR\u003e","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54970077380988,"sku":"9781487555801","price":59.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781487555801_da7d03b6-265a-4212-a815-192fcfb9f529.jpg?v=1740402915","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/pulcinella-s-brood-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}