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Ennio Flaiano and His Italy
Disenthralling Ourselves portrays contemporary Israel in a process of transition. Jewish-Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli communities share a nation-state divided by the separate truths of its conflicting fundamental narratives. This book considers ways of converting those separate and antagonistic narratives from fuel for conflict to seeds of change. Its purpose is to undo the convenient coherence of collective memory and master narratives through fostering a capacious moral imagination able to apprehend diverse, even contentious, stories and truths. Contemporary Israel functions as a case study in an in-depth and interdisciplinary exploration of conflict resolution, viewing Jewish-Israeli a...
Biographies and Autobiographies in Modern Italy: a Festschrift for John Woodhouse
"Critical interest in biography and autobiography has never been higher. However, while life-writing flourishes in the UK, in Italy it is a less prominent genre. The twelve essays collected here are written against this backdrop, and address issues in biographical and autobiographical writing in Italy from the later nineteenth century to the present, with a particular emphasis on the interplay between individual lives and life-writing and the wider social and political history of Italy. The majority of essays focus on well-known writers (D'Annunzio, Svevo, Bontempelli, Montale, Levi, Calvino, Eco and Fallaci), and their varying anxieties about autobiographical writing in their work. This pic...
Italian Medieval Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters
"The collection of Italian medieval sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters began with the acquisition in 1908 of a Romanesque column statue; today the Museum's holdings comprise more than seventy works dating from the ninth to the late fifteenth century ... The birthplaces of these works range from Sicily to Venice; some typify local styles, others illustrate the intense artistic exchanges taking place within Italy and between Italy and the wider world ... Technological advances of the last decades have made it possible to determine more precisely the materials and techniques from which works of art are made, the history of their alteration, and the mechanisms of their...
Italian Neorealism
This book seeks to redefine, recontextualize, and reassess Italian neorealism - an artistic movement characterized by stories set among the poor and working class - through innovative close readings and comparative analysis.
Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies
The Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies is a two-volume reference book containing some 600 entries on all aspects of Italian literary culture. It includes analytical essays on authors and works, from the most important figures of Italian literature to little known authors and works that are influential to the field. The Encyclopedia is distinguished by substantial articles on critics, themes, genres, schools, historical surveys, and other topics related to the overall subject of Italian literary studies. The Encyclopedia also includes writers and subjects of contemporary interest, such as those relating to journalism, film, media, children's literature, food and vernacular literatures. Entries consist of an essay on the topic and a bibliographic portion listing works for further reading, and, in the case of entries on individuals, a brief biographical paragraph and list of works by the person. It will be useful to people without specialized knowledge of Italian literature as well as to scholars.
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Gabriele D'Annunzio
Novelist, playwright, and poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938) shocked and dazzled early twentieth-century Europe with his sexual exploits, military feats, and political escapades. More than any other figure since the unification of Italy, he casts a shadow forward to the present day. His relationships with the worlds of Italian culture, theatre, and politics were unique, fiery, and always controversial. His literary achievements have influenced generations of Italian writers. This is the most authoritative biography of the man in any language.
Italienisches Theater des 20. Jahrhunderts in Einzelinterpretationen
Der Band vereinigt erstmalig die Interpretationen von insgesamt einundzwanzig Theaterstücken zwanzig verschiedener Autoren und bietet einen repräsentativen Querschnitt der Entwicklung des italienischen Theaters des Novecento. Den Beginn macht das „symbolistische“ Theater Gabriele D’Annunzios, gefolgt von einem Stück von Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, dem Begründer des Futurismus, sowie vom „grotesken“ Theater Luigi Chiarellis und Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondos. Es schließt sich Luigi Pirandello mit zwei berühmten Dramen an, und Roberto Bracco, Alberto Savinio und Massimo Bontempelli machen den Leser mit alternativen Theaterkonzepten bekannt. Es folgen Aldo De Benedetti, Ugo Betti, Diego Fabbri, Eduardo De Filippo, Natalia Ginzburg, Giovanni Testori, Dario Fo, Dacia Maraini, Pier Paolo Pasolini und Carmelo Bene. Das neapolitanische Theater ist durch Annibale Ruccello vertreten, und den Abschluss bildet der szenische Monolog Novecento von Alessandro Baricco. Dass natürlich gegebenenfalls auch die Debatte über den Vorrang des „teatro dei registi“ oder des „teatro della parola“ zur Sprache kommt, ist selbstverständlich.
Diplomacy and the Aristocracy as Patrons of Music and Theatre in the Europe of the Ancien Régime
This volume explores the dense networks created by diplomatic relationships between European courts and aristocratic households in the early modern age, with the emphasis on celebratory events and the circulation of theatrical plots and practitioners promoted by political and diplomatic connections. The offices of plenipotentiary ministers were often outposts providing useful information about cultural life in foreign countries. Sometimes the artistic strategies defined through the exchanges of couriers were destined to leave a legacy in the history of arts, especially of music and theatre. Ministers favored or promoted careers, described or made pieces of repertoire available to new audiences, and even supported practitioners in their difficult travels by planning profitable tours. They stood behind extraordinary artists and protected many stage performers with their authority, while carefully observing and transmitting precious information about the cultural and musical life of the countries where they resided.
