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Performing Arts History & Criticism

Dante, Cinema, and Television

edited by Amilcare Iannucci

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2004
Category
History & Criticism, History & Criticism, Italian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802088277
    Publish Date
    Oct 2004
    List Price
    $49.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442673700
    Publish Date
    Oct 2004
    List Price
    $86.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802086013
    Publish Date
    Oct 2004
    List Price
    $88.00

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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) is one of the seminal works of western literature. Its impact on modern culture has been enormous, nourishing a plethora of twentieth century authors from Joyce and Borges to Kenzaburo Oe. Although Dante's influence in the literary sphere is well documented, very little has been written on his equally determining role in the evolution of the visual media unique to our times, namely, cinema and television. Dante, Cinema, and Television corrects this oversight.

The essays, from a broad range of disciplines, cover the influence of the Divine Comedy from cinema's silent era on through to the era of sound and the advent of television, as well as its impact on specific directors, actors, and episodes, on national/regional cinema and television, and on genres. They also consider the different modes of appropriation by cinema and television. Dante, Cinema, and Television demonstrates the many subtle ways in which Dante's Divine Comedy has been given 'new life' by cinema and television, and underscores the tremendous extent of Dante's staying power in the modern world.

About the author

The late Amilcare Iannucci was a professor in the Department of Italian Studies and the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. He was the author of a book on Dante, Forma ed evento nella Divina Commedia, and editor of Dante Today>.

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