Characters and Authors in Luigi Pirandello

Name: Characters and Authors in Luigi Pirandello
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ISBN: 9780198151760

ISBN-10: 0198151764

ISBN-13: 9780198151760

Edition: 1998

Authors: Ann Hallamore Caesar

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Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) is best known in the English-speaking world for his radical challenge to traditional Western theatre with plays such as Six Characters in Search of an Author. This book argues for the centrality of the character in all of Pirandello's writings - novels, short stories, and essays as well as plays. It explores the different ways in which his fictional and dramatic characters struggle to sustain an identity of their own, tell their life-stories, and assert themselves before their most prominent antagonist, the author himself.

Book details

List price: $250.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/5/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.71" wide x 8.86" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Note on Translations and Sources



Real and Implied Authors



The Rise of the Character: Six Characters and the Drama of Creativity



Self and Other in Society: Gossip, Shame, and Scandal



Configurations of Identity: The Family's Undoing



Narrative Space and the Multiplying Self: The Case of Uno, nessuno e centomila



Pirandello's Philosophers



The Author as Director: Characters and Actors



Performing Women


Bibliography


Index