Twentieth-century Italian poetry
Twentieth-century Italian poetry

Author: Smith, Lawrence R. (Lawrence Richard), 1945 Jan. 1-

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 9780802073686

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Twentieth-century Italian poetry is one of the most vital, innovative and influential bodies of literature on the European continent. This volume presents a selection of poems in the original Italian, with introductory material and notes in English.

Luigi Pirandello in the Theatre
Luigi Pirandello in the Theatre

Author: Susan Bassnett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-03-18

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1134351216

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First Published in 1993. Contemporary Theatre Studies is a book series of special interest to everyone involved in theatre. This collection of documents is the first attempt in English to bring together a body of material on Luigi Pirandello as multi-faceted man of the theatre. Because relatively few of his works have been easily available to English language readers, he is thought of most frequently as a playwright, the author of Six Characters in Search of an Author and Henry IV in particular, and his contribution to theatre, both in theory and in practice, has tended to be overlooked. Emphasising his role as a director, the book traces the rise and fall of his own theatre company, the Teatro d’Arte where he struggled to instil new practices and comments on Pirandello’s attempts during the years of Fascism to give Italy a national theatre in a European context.

Twentieth-century Italian Drama: The first fifty years
Twentieth-century Italian Drama: The first fifty years

Author: Jane House

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 9780231071185

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This volume of Twentieth-Century Italian Drama covers the period spanning from the end of the nineteenth century to that immediately following World War II, displaying the rich breadth of Italian theater in the modern age, from the comedic legacy carried on by such writers as Eduardo De Filippo to the delicate tragedy of playwrights like Federigo Tozzi.Included are seven full-length plays, five one-act plays, one variety sketch, and three futurist sintesi (sketches). Brief introductions preceding each play contextualize the piece within the various movements in Italian theater, and biographies of the editors and translators appear at the end of the volume. An extensive bibliography offers many suggestions for further reading in English.The playwrights included are Gabriele D'Annunzio, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Ettore Petrolini, Raffaele Viviani, Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo, Federigo Tozzi, Massimo Bontempelli, Achille Campanile, Italo Svevo, Luigi Pirandello, Eduardo De Filippo, and Ugo Betti.

Set the Stage!
Set the Stage!

Author: Nicoletta Marini-Maio

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-12-16

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 0300152752

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Set the Stage! is a collection of essays on teaching Italian language, literature, and culture through theater. From theoretical background to course models, this book provides all the resources that teachers and students need to incorporate the rich and abundant Italian theater tradition into the curriculum. Features of the book includethe “Director's Handbook,” a comprehensive guide with detailed instructions for every step of the process, from choosing a text to the final performance,an exclusive interview with Nobel laureate Dario Fo,a foreword by prize-winning author Dacia Maraini.

Gendered Genres
Gendered Genres

Author: Laura Anne Salsini

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780838638019

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Matilde Serao's richly detailed narratives created a metamorphical city of women negotiating the social and cultural byways of turn-of-the-century Italy. With each text, Serao (1856-1927) added another stratum to her imaginary metropolis, grounding her works in realistic detail and acute social observation. Over the course of almost thirty novels, more than one hundred short stories, and innumerable newspaper articles, Serao articulated her own vision of female destiny in a society governed by traditional, often restrictive, paradigms of female behavior. This study examines how Serao refashioned traditional genres throughout her long literary career, a narrative strategy that allowed her to focus specifically on the depiction of female experiences.