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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-13
9781442644014
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178311569
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod: Reflections of Cinema in Early Twentieth-Century Italy
Author
Michael Syrimis
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2012
Number of Pages
376 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
236mm
Item Width
160mm
Item Weight
700 g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Michael Syrimis
Series Title
Toronto Italian Studies
Country/Region of Manufacture
Canada
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