| Characters and Authors in Luigi Pirandello Contributor(s): Caesar, Ann Hallamore (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198151764 ISBN-13: 9780198151760 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $237.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) is best known in the English-speaking world for his radical challenge to traditional Western theatre with plays such as Six Characters in Search of an Author. This book argues for the centrality of the character in all of Pirandello's writings - novels, short stories, and essays as well as plays. It explores the different ways in which his fictional and dramatic characters struggle to sustain an identity of their own, tell their life-stories, and assert themselves before their most prominent antagonist, the author himself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General - Literary Criticism | European - Italian - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 852.912 |
| LCCN: 97035958 |
| Lexile Measure: 1590 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.67" W x 8.85" (0.93 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) is best known in the English-speaking world for his radical challenge to traditional Western theatre with plays such as Six Characters in Search of an Author. This book argues for the centrality of the character in all of Pirandello's writings - novels, short stories, and essays as well as plays. It explores the different ways in which his fictional and dramatic characters struggle to sustain an identity of their own, tell their life-stories, and assert themselves before their most prominent antagonist, the author himself. |