Pirandello in Context
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-42454-7 (ISBN)
For students of Luigi Pirandello's life and works, this volume provides a multi-faceted view spanning the many genres in which he wrote, from poetry and essays to fiction and drama. It gives a true sense of Pirandello's remarkable sensitivity to place – from his native Sicily to Germany and Latin America – and of how his perspective was shaped by a wide range of interlocutors with varying professional backgrounds, from contemporary philosophers to fellow playwrights like Bernard Shaw, directors like Max Reinhardt and the actress Marta Abba. Diverse contributors explore the sheer genre-bending originality of Pirandello's humor, metatheatre, and fantastic tales, and reveal how profound shifts in society, culture, and politics in his time – Freud, Futurism, Fascism – conditioned not just his thought but also his meteoric rise to fame. A final section is dedicated to Pirandello's legacy in literature and drama throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first.
Patricia Gaborik is Professor of English at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica 'Silvio d'Amico'. She has published widely on early twentieth-century Italian theatre and drama. Her book Mussolini's Theatre: Fascist Experiments in Art and Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2021) won The Bridge Prize for American non-fiction and is a Choice Outstanding Academic Title.
List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; List of cited titles in translation and the original Italian; Part I. Places: 1. Sicily Beatrice Alfonzetti; 2. Rome Simona Costa; 3. Germany Michael Subialka; 4. France Anna Frabetti; 5. The United States Marella Feltrin-Morris; 6. Latin America Stefano Boselli; Part II. Institutions: 7. Publishing Francesca Billiani; 8. Little theatres Mirella Schino; 9. National theatres S. E. Wilmer; 10. The royal Italian academy Guido Bonsaver; Part III. Interlocutors: 11. Marta Abba Pietro Frassica; 12. Massimo Bontempelli Patricia Gaborik; 13. Gian Francesco Malipiero Anna Harwell Celenza; 14. Georges Pitoëff Anna Frabetti; 15. Max Reinhardt Michael Rössner; 16. George Bernard Shaw John A. Bertolini; 17. Benedetto Croce and Adriano Tilgher Pierpaolo Antonello; Part IV. Traditions and Trends, Techniques and Forms: 18. Humor Walter Pedullà; 19. Dialect theatre Antonella Ottai; 20. Metatheatre Mary Ann Frese Witt; 21. The fourth wall W. B. Worthen; 22. The anti-character Stefano Jossa; 23. Myth Michael Bell; 24. The fantastic Gabriele Pedullà; Part V. Culture and Society: 25. History Daniela Bini; 26. Celebrity Lisa Sarti; 27. Cinema Michael Syrimis; 28. Modernity Michael Subialka; 29. Fascism Patricia Gaborik; 30. Women Daniela Bini; 31. Religion Robert Pogue Harrison and Laura Wittman; 32. Madness Valeria Paola Babini; 33. Suicide Thomas Harrison; Part VI. Reception and Legacy: 34. Critical foundations Giulio Ferroni; 35. Avant-garde theatre after Pirandello Cindy Rosenthal; 36. Cinema after Pirandello Robert S. C. Gordon; Further reading; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.03.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Literature in Context |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-42454-6 / 1108424546 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-42454-7 / 9781108424547 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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