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Living masks : the achievement of Pirandello /

"Functioning as a guide to understanding the fundamental themes of Pirandello's plays, the author examines the critical, aesthetic, and technical problems associated with these plays. He provides extensive reflection on some of the failings of early and contemporary criticism on Pirandello...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mariani, Umberto, 1927-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2008
Colección:Toronto Italian studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the 'Pirandellian' character
  • Liolà : beyond naturalism
  • Right you are, if you think you are : the reality of appearances
  • Six characters : the tragic difficulty of human communication
  • The 'powerful logic' of Henry IV
  • Each in his own way : mutability and permanence in life and art
  • Opposing aims of the artist's vocation in The mountain giants
  • Pirandello in our time.