Eleonora Duse and Cenere (Ashes) : centennial essays / edited by Maria Pia Pagani and Paul Fryer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pagani, Maria Pia, editor.

Fryer, Paul, 1955- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Duse, Eleonora, 1858-1924--Criticism and interpretation.

Duse, Eleonora.

Duse, Eleonora, 1858-1924.

Cenere (Motion picture).

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 178 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

"This collection of essays brings together for the first time in English a range of scholarship on Duse's only film performance. The difficulties involved in the making of Cenere are explored. Her work is discussed within the creative, political and historical context of the silent movie industry as it developed in wartime Italy. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword: end without end / Antonio Attisani

Introduction. Eleonora Duse and the fall of the European tradition of acting: an historical overview / Giuliano Campo

Verga and Duse: before Cenere / Enza de Francisci

Duse and the Stanislavsky system of acting / Sharon Marie Carnicke

Duse recorded / Paul Fryer

Duende has no age / Maria Pia Pagani

The work of the actor Febo Mari / Francesca Brignoli

"L'art du silence! la fièvre au coeur, depuis cette offre de Griffith, je n'ai rêve que des films": Cenere through Duse's letters to her daughter Enrichetta / Maria Ida Biggi

Cenere: a selected annotated bibliography and mediagraphy / Nuccio Lodato.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476663753

1476663750

OCLC:

959536443