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This is a full-length study of the use of the dialogue form in Italy from the early sixteenth century until Galileo. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it examines the characteristics which determined the genre's unrivalled popularity in the period as a vehicle for polemic, debate, technical exposition and comic drama. More than simply an account of the development of an individual literary genre, however, the book is a contribution to the broader social and cultural history of the period. As representations of conversation, miniature dramas of persuasion, the dialogues of the Italian Renaissance constitute an extraordinarily rich - and largely untapped - source of information about the ideals and practice of communication in the early modern age.

Italian literature --- History of civilization --- Sociolinguistics --- anno 1500-1799 --- Italy --- Dialogues, Italian --- Renaissance --- History and criticism. --- Dialogues [Italian ] --- History and criticism --- 16th century --- 17th century --- Civilization --- 1268-1559 --- 1559-1789 --- Dialogues, Italian - History and criticism. --- Italian literature - 16th century - History and criticism. --- Italian literature - 17th century - History and criticism. --- Reniassance - Italy. --- Italy - Civilization - 1268-1559. --- Italy - Civilization - 1559-1789. --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Italian dialogues