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The great black spider on its knock-kneed tripod
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- Book Synopsis
- The emergence of cinema as a predominant form of mass entertainment in the 1910s inspired intellectuals to rethink their definitions of art. The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod traces the encounter of Italy's writers with cinema, and in doing so offers vibrant new perspectives on the country's early twentieth-century culture. This comparative study focuses on the immediate responses to this cultural phenomenon of three highly influential intellectuals, each with a competing aesthetic vision - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, founder of Futurism; Gabriele D'Annunzio, leader of Italian Decadentism; and Luigi Pirandello, a father of modern European theatre and theorist of humour. Along with demonstrating how the popularization of the feature-length narrative influenced each author's outlook and theories, Michael Syrimis unravels the extent to which cinema enforced or neutralized the ideological and aesthetic differences between them.
- About The Author
- Michael Syrimis is an assistant professor in the Department of French and Italian at Tulane University.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781442644014
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, (23 July 2012)
- Number of Pages
- 357
- Weight
- 700 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 236 x 160 x 30 mm
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