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Author:   Patricia Gaborik (Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica ‘Silvio d'Amico’)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9781108424547

ISBN 10:   1108424546
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   21 March 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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.

Reviews

'Any reader and lover of Pirandello will want to own Pirandello in Context. It's packed with recent scholarship and research that's very illuminating. An invaluable source book to enhance our understanding of Luigi and his Piradellianisms.' Alan Price, LONDON GRIP magazine

Author Information

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.

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