Shakespeare and crisis : one hundred years of Italian narratives /
Shakespeare and crisis : one hundred years of Italian narratives /
edited by Silvia Bigliazzi.
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (x, 292 pages).
- Shakespeare in European culture (SEC), volume 2 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / 1916 : Italian narratives of the Tercentenary crisis / Waiting for Caesar / Fascist crises : Shakespeare, 'thou art mighty yet!' / "A great crisis of identification and understanding of reality" : Strehler's journey through Shakespeare / Allegorising and minoritising Richard III / Notes on Shakespeare, simulacra, and the aporias of 'acting' / Narrating and unravelling Italian crises through Shakespeare (2000-2016) / Afterword / Silvia Bigliazzi -- Silva Bigliazzi -- Guido Avezzù -- Silvia Bigliazzi -- Lucia Nigri -- Silvia Bigliazzi and Guido Avezzù -- Silvia Bigliazzi -- Maria Elisa Montironi -- Silvia Bigliazzi.
"Shakespeare and Crisis: One hundred years of Italian narratives explores how Shakespeare entered the Italian socio-political and cultural panorama between his third and fourth centenary, at times manifestly perceived as critical. It asks which complex mythopoietic processes constructed narratives that contributed to shaping regimes of reading in response to those times of crisis. Crises of national identity during the Great War and the Fascist regime, crises of history in the 1970s, and crises of representation in the second half of the twentieth century extending into the new millennium constitute the three main areas of a discussion that aims at probing into the role of literature at times of crisis. Filling a gap in the field of European Shakespeare, the volume situates itself at the junction of European Shakespeare studies and studies of Shakespeare and Italy. It addresses essential questions on the position of literature in society, offering at different levels new insights for scholars, students, as well as general readers"--
9789027261113 9027261113
2020012219
Crises--History.--Italy
Literature and society--Italy.
Politics and literature--Italy.
Electronic Books.
PR2976 / .S535 2020
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / 1916 : Italian narratives of the Tercentenary crisis / Waiting for Caesar / Fascist crises : Shakespeare, 'thou art mighty yet!' / "A great crisis of identification and understanding of reality" : Strehler's journey through Shakespeare / Allegorising and minoritising Richard III / Notes on Shakespeare, simulacra, and the aporias of 'acting' / Narrating and unravelling Italian crises through Shakespeare (2000-2016) / Afterword / Silvia Bigliazzi -- Silva Bigliazzi -- Guido Avezzù -- Silvia Bigliazzi -- Lucia Nigri -- Silvia Bigliazzi and Guido Avezzù -- Silvia Bigliazzi -- Maria Elisa Montironi -- Silvia Bigliazzi.
"Shakespeare and Crisis: One hundred years of Italian narratives explores how Shakespeare entered the Italian socio-political and cultural panorama between his third and fourth centenary, at times manifestly perceived as critical. It asks which complex mythopoietic processes constructed narratives that contributed to shaping regimes of reading in response to those times of crisis. Crises of national identity during the Great War and the Fascist regime, crises of history in the 1970s, and crises of representation in the second half of the twentieth century extending into the new millennium constitute the three main areas of a discussion that aims at probing into the role of literature at times of crisis. Filling a gap in the field of European Shakespeare, the volume situates itself at the junction of European Shakespeare studies and studies of Shakespeare and Italy. It addresses essential questions on the position of literature in society, offering at different levels new insights for scholars, students, as well as general readers"--
9789027261113 9027261113
2020012219
Crises--History.--Italy
Literature and society--Italy.
Politics and literature--Italy.
Electronic Books.
PR2976 / .S535 2020