The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod : Reflections of Cinema in Early Twentieth-Century Italy /
Syrimis, Michael
The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod : Reflections of Cinema in Early Twentieth-Century Italy / Michael Syrimis. - 1 online resource (376 p.) : 18 b&w illustrations
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781442644014 9781442698352
10.3138/9781442698352 doi
Motion pictures and literature--History--Italy--20th century.
Motion pictures--History--Italy--20th century.
DISCOUNT-B.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian.
PN1993.5.I88 / S97 2012eb
791.430945/09041
The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod : Reflections of Cinema in Early Twentieth-Century Italy / Michael Syrimis. - 1 online resource (376 p.) : 18 b&w illustrations
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781442644014 9781442698352
10.3138/9781442698352 doi
Motion pictures and literature--History--Italy--20th century.
Motion pictures--History--Italy--20th century.
DISCOUNT-B.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian.
PN1993.5.I88 / S97 2012eb
791.430945/09041