The Italian Comedy
The Italian Comedy

Author: Pierre Louis Duchartre

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-11-16

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0486138526

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Illustrated history of the beginnings, growth and influence of the commedia dell’ arte. Describes improvisations, staging, marks, scenarios, acting troupes, and origins.

Comedy Italian Style
Comedy Italian Style

Author: Rémi Fournier Lanzoni

Publisher: Continuum

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13:

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'Comedy Italian Style' is an essential guide to the glorious works and filmmakers who make the world laugh with them. It is for all lovers of enduring, wry, over-the-top, side-splitting humour on film.

Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance
Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance

Author: Laura Giannetti

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2003-07-03

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780801872570

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Humor, sex, and satirized or upturned gender roles and social stereotypes characterize the Latin comedies updated and translated into Italian that became popular in Italy at the turn of the 16th century. The translations are by and for scholars of literature and history, rather than for production or performance. There are explanatory notes, but no bibliography or index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance
Five Comedies from the Italian Renaissance

Author: Laura Giannetti

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2003-07-03

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780801872587

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Humor, sex, and satirized or upturned gender roles and social stereotypes characterize the Latin comedies updated and translated into Italian that became popular in Italy at the turn of the 16th century. The translations are by and for scholars of literature and history, rather than for production or performance. There are explanatory notes, but no bibliography or index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Author: Carol Jones

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1998-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780613070508

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For use in schools and libraries only. In this version of the familiar song, the reader is asked to guess which animal comes next by looking through a peep hole.

Male Anxiety and Psychopathology in Film
Male Anxiety and Psychopathology in Film

Author: Andrea Bini

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-08

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1137515848

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The most popular film genre during the golden years of Italian cinema, the Comedy Italian Style emerged after the fall of the Facist regime, narrating the identity crisis of many Italian men. Exploring the birth, growth, and decline of this genre, Bini shows this notable style was the search for a new role in the shattered postwar middle class.

A Companion to Italian Cinema
A Companion to Italian Cinema

Author: Frank Burke

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-04-10

Total Pages: 825

ISBN-13: 1119006171

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Written by leading figures in the field, A Companion to Italian Cinema re-maps Italian cinema studies, employing new perspectives on traditional issues, and fresh theoretical approaches to the exciting history and field of Italian cinema. Offers new approaches to Italian cinema, whose importance in the post-war period was unrivalled Presents a theory based approach to historical and archival material Includes work by both established and more recent scholars, with new takes on traditional critical issues, and new theoretical approaches to the exciting history and field of Italian cinema Covers recent issues such as feminism, stardom, queer cinema, immigration and postcolonialism, self-reflexivity and postmodernism, popular genre cinema, and digitalization A comprehensive collection of essays addressing the prominent films, directors and cinematic forms of Italian cinema, which will become a standard resource for academic and non-academic purposes alike