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"Providing a multi-faceted survey of Luigi Pirandello's life and works, this volume explores his sensitivity to place alongside the intellectuals and dramatists who shaped his perspective. It reveals how profound shifts in science, philosophy, culture, and politics at the fin-de-siâecle fashioned him into a revolutionary playwright of his century"--
List 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.
About the author
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.
Summary
Providing a multi-faceted survey of Luigi Pirandello's life and works, this volume explores his sensitivity to place alongside the intellectuals and dramatists who shaped his perspective. It reveals how profound shifts in science, philosophy, culture, and politics at the fin-de-siécle fashioned him into a revolutionary playwright of his century.
