Harlequin in Marketplace Culture

Domenico Pietropaolo, PhD 1981, is Professor Emeritus of Italian and Drama at the University of Toronto and a senior fellow of Massey College. His main research interests are Italian literature, commedia dell'arte, and Christianity and culture, fields in which he has published many articles and books.

• ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Figures1 Phantoms of Collective Effervescence Approaching commedia dell’arte in Popular Culture2 Harlequin in the Marketplace and the Ecology of Images3 Harlequin the Sleuth, the Clown and the Supervillain4 Romance and Erotic Fantasies5 Harlequin’s Wooden Brotherhood6 From the Land of Pulcinella to the Republic of Harlequin7 Harlequin in the Social ImaginaryBibliographyIndex