Pirandello's Theater: The Recovery of Modern Stage for Dramatic Art (A Chicago Classic) - Hardcover

Paolucci, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809305941 ISBN 13: 9780809305940

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1974

Synopsis

Anne Paolucci here combines her inter­ests in the theater, with her extraordinary talents as a playwright. In this sympa­thetic and perceptive first book on Piran­dello’s theater she covers the entire corpus of Pirandello’s work, tracing the continuity of the plays through their interre­lated themes.

 

Rather than simple and direct, she shows that all the Pirandellian themes are below the cheery surface; that they are developed in two parallel series of plays; and that they are brought to a cathartic dramatic effect in his last group of plays. Richly rewarding, this study of the play­wright’s playwright” is further enhanced by Anne Paolucci’s own sensitive trans­lations.

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Paolucci is University Research Professor at St. John’s University. Among her own plays is The Short Season.

About this edition

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0809305941
• ISBN 13: 9780809305940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176