The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod : : Reflections of Cinema in Early Twentieth-Century Italy /

The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod : : Reflections of Cinema in Early Twentieth-Century Italy / / Michael Syrimis.

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 t...

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Syrimis, Michael ,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2012
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction. Reflections of Cinema and Technology in Marinetti, D'Annunzio, and Pirandello
  • 1. Film Aesthetics of a 'Heroic' Futurism
  • 2. An Aesthetics of War: The (Un)Problematic Screening of Vita futurista
  • 3. Velocità: Between Avant-Garde and Narrativity
  • 4. Forse che sì forse che no: Technological Inflections of a Decadent Text
  • 5. Through a 'Futuristic' Lens: D'Annunzio's Cinematic Re-Visions
  • 6. The Humoristic Image in Pirandello's Si gira ...
  • 7. Cinema as Humour: The Oltre and the Superfluo
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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