Helm, Jennifer. Poetry and censorship in Counter-Reformation Italy

Folger bibliographic ID: 345482
Folger call number: PQ4103 .H37 2015
Folger holdings ID: 496287

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages [412]-434) and index English and Italian

Contents

Control of literature as a strategy of Catholic reformation: motives and modes of influence -- Approaching censorial reading -- Mechanisms of the Roman index -- Censures of the 'marvellous' -- Censures of love -- Censoring laughter -- Self-censorship and poetic counter-strategies: the case of Domenico Venier -- Conclusions

Extended title: Poetry and censorship in Counter-Reformation Italy / by Jennifer Helm

Catholic Church. Congregatio Indicis Index librorum prohibitorum Italian poetry Censorship

author: Helm, Jennifer
subject: Catholic Church. Congregatio Indicis