Gadda Goes to War : Translational Provocations Around An Emergency

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pedriali, Federica G.

Contributor:

Pedriali, Federica.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Drama.

Local Subjects:

War--Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Introduces and analyses stage performances of texts by Italian Modernist writer Carlo Emilio Gadda, Italy's own Joyce. Includes the Italian texts (with English translation) and the dvd of the Italian performance (with English subtitles).

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Preface: Gadda (Pasolini) and the theatre. A sacred act of knowledge ; Introduction ; Part I ; Circulation ; Translation ; Staging ; World-making ; Resources ; Part ii ; L'ingegner Gadda va alla guerra ; 1. Incipit ; 1. Incipit ; 2. I diari ; 2. The diaries ; 3. La cattura e il ritorno ; 3. The capture and return ; 4. Eros e Priapo: da furore a cenere ; 4. Eros and Priapus - from fury to ashes ; 5. Finale ; 5. Finale ; Gadda goes to war ; Global glossary ; Appendix ; Gadda, Heal Thyself ; Bibliography ; Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780748668731

074866873X

OCLC:

865331095