Masters of Two Arts : : Re-creation of European Literatures in Italian Cinema / / Carlo Testa.

The movie screen has been the forum for many star pairings: Bogart and Bacall, Tracy and Hepburn, and Fellini and Kafka. While this latter combination might seem slightly unexpected or improbable at first sight, Carlo Testa's Masters of Two Arts demonstrates that pairings of famed directors and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2002
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Toronto Italian Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Epigraphic Re-creations
  • 1. Goethe and Archibugi Italy, the Illegible Land: Mignon Has Left (1988)
  • 2. Kafka and Fellini Soteriology, Cinecittà-style: America and Intervista (1987)
  • Part Two: Coextensive Re-creations
  • 3. Gogol and Lattuada Fantastic Neorealism: The Overcoat (1952)
  • 4. Tolstoy and the Tavianis The Interminable Path of History: Father Sergius and The Night Sun (1990)
  • The Re-creation to End All Creation
  • Sade and Pasolini Requiem for a Utopia: Said or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
  • Part Three: Mediated Re-creations
  • 5. Mérimée, Bizet, and Rosi The Consummation of Meridionalism: Carmen (1984)
  • 6. Pasternak, Lean, and Moretti Hermits and Revolutionaries: Palombella rossa (1989)
  • Part Four: Hypertextual Re-creations
  • 7. Stendhal and Rossellini The Masterpiece Fights Back: Vanina Vanini (1961)
  • 8. Mann and Visconti One Sentry Falls: Death in Venice (1971)
  • Conclusion
  • On Readings: Perfect/Imperfect, Difficult, and More Difficult
  • NOTES
  • FILMOGRAPHY
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX