Locus Solus Vol. 7: Memory and Images

Pietro Aretino

Dunlop

Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) was one of the most important figures in Italian Renaissance literature, and certainly the most controversial. Condemned by some as a pornographer, his infamy was due largely to his use of explicit sexuality and the vulgar tongue of ordinary speech in much of his work.Dialogues centres around a conversation between two rather frank, experienced, and sharp-tongued women on the topic of women's occupations. We learn that at the time there were only three: wife, whore, or nun. Their discussion is a rollicking account of the advantages, perils, and pleasures each profession offers.Not only was Dialogues the first erotic book in the Christian world to be written in the common vernacular, it was but one of the few to describe the obscenity of commercial love, and is thus a cornerstone of both Italian literature and Counter-Renaissance vigour. Raymond Rosenthal's English translation first appeared in 1971, and this edition contains his original preface as well as a new introduction by Margaret Rosethal. Also included, as a preface, is a review of the translation by Alberto Moravia from the New York Times Book Review.

Dialogues

Literature & Fiction

Allen& Unwin

Commedie di Pietro Aretino: Nuovamente Rivedute e Corrette, Aggiuntavi l'Orazia, Tragedia del Medesimo Autore (Classic Reprint) (Italian Edition)

Dramas & Plays

Forgotten Books

Aretino's Dialogues

STEIN AND DAY.

<p>Bawdy and thoroughly risque, this 16th-century masterpiece is the work of Pietro Aretino, widely regarded as the originator of European pornographic writing. Determined that her daughter should not be ignorant of the ways of men and love, Nanna seeks to “educate” the naïve Pippa. She tells of women—whores, housewives, and nuns all being essentially the same; and of how to win men—discreetly and with good manners. But mostly, she reveals to Pippa the secrets of her art as a courtesan. The ensuing dialogue, laden with satiric twists and naughty puns, offers a fresh and lively example of the harlot’s world, displaying a frankness that confides in today’s reader as shrewdly as it was intended in 16th-century Rome. Italian satirist and poet Pietro Aretino was one of the most versatile writers of the 16th century; the author of plays, poetry, and letters, he is now principally remembered as the originator of European pornography.</p>

The School of Whoredom (Hesperus Classics)

Contemporary

Hesperus Press

Cortigiana (Carelton Renaissance Plays in Translation, 38)

Centre for Reformation and Ren

La Cortigiana

Einaudi

Sonetti lussuriosi e dubbi amorosi

Poetry

Newton Compton

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