| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 357 pages) : illustrations, digital file. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Toronto Italian studies
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Toronto Italian studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-341) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Film aesthetics of a heroic Futurism -- An aesthetics of war : the (un)problematic screening of Vita futurista -- Velocità : between avant-garde and narrativity -- Forse che sí forse che no : technological inflections of a decadent text -- Through a 'futuristic' lens: D'Annunzio's cinematic re-visions -- The humoristic image in Pirandello's Si gira ... -- Cinema as humour : the Oltre and the Superfluo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Includes some text in Italian. |
| Subject |
Marinetti, F. T., 1876-1944 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Marinetti, F. T., 1876-1944. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938. |
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Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Marinetti, F. T., 1876-1944. |
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D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938. |
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Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936. |
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Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936. |
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Motion pictures -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures. |
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Italy. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Motion pictures and literature -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures and literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781442644014 144264401X (OCoLC)791165919 |
| ISBN |
9781442698352 (electronic book) |
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1442698357 (electronic book) |
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9781442644014 |
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144264401X |
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