Pinocchio, Puppets, and Modernity: The Mechanical Body

ISBN-13: 9780415890960 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 246 str.

Katia Pizzi

Opis

The interdisciplinary approach of this volume considers 19th-century Italian literature, 19th-century French literature and drama, children's literature, German and Italian drama, contemporary British visual arts, and international film to explore the significance of Pinocchio in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Spis treści

Introduction. Katia Pizzi  1. Carlo Collodi and the Rhythmical Body. Between Giuseppe Mazzini and George Sand. Jean Perrot  2. Puppets on a String: The Unnatural History of Human Reproduction. Ann Lawson Lucas  3. Workshops of Creation, Filthy and Not: Collodi’s Pinocchio and Shelley’s Frankenstein. Charles Klopp  4. The Manufacture of a Modern Puppet Type: The Anatomy of Alfred Jarry’s Monsieur Ubu and its Significance. Jill Fell  5. Man is Non-Man: Mannequins, Puppets and Marionettes in the Theatre of Dario Fo. Christopher Cairns  6. Unpainting Collodi’s Fireplace (with an interview with the author). Stephen Wilson  7. Pinocchio and the Mechanical Body: Luciano Folgore’s Papers at the Getty Research Institute Library. Katia Pizzi  8. The Myth of Pinocchio. Metamorphosis of a Puppet from Collodi’s Pages to the Screen. Salvatore Consolo  9. The Watchful Mirror: Pinocchio’s Adventures Re-created by Roberto Benigni. Salvatore Consolo  10. Beyond the Mechanical Body: Digital Pinocchio. Massimo Riva

O autorze

Katia Pizzi is Senior Lecturer in Italian at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London. She has published volumes on cultural identities, especially A City in Search of an Author (2001) and The Cultural Identities of European Cities (2010), and on children’s literature and illustration.