Theater Neapolitan Style
Eduardo de Filippo
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Description for Theater Neapolitan Style
Hardback. Translator(s): D'Aponte, Mimi Gisolfi. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Theatre Neapolitan Style introduces five one-act plays by Eduardo De Filippo to English-speaking readers and audiences for the first time. Both individually and collectively, these works bring into clear focus the atmosphere and environment of pre- and post-World War II Naples. At the same time they offer the reader/spectator startling glimpses into unforgettable lives and situations glimpses that record De Filippos favorite emblems with marvelous clarity: a Neapolitan setting; a Neapolitan family; a Neapolitan commedia figure. We witness the playwrights uncanny ability to mix comic and tragic elements simultaneously as romantic courtship prevails despite poverty and infirmity in Philosophically ... Read more
Theatre Neapolitan Style introduces five one-act plays by Eduardo De Filippo to English-speaking readers and audiences for the first time. Both individually and collectively, these works bring into clear focus the atmosphere and environment of pre- and post-World War II Naples. At the same time they offer the reader/spectator startling glimpses into unforgettable lives and situations glimpses that record De Filippos favorite emblems with marvelous clarity: a Neapolitan setting; a Neapolitan family; a Neapolitan commedia figure. We witness the playwrights uncanny ability to mix comic and tragic elements simultaneously as romantic courtship prevails despite poverty and infirmity in Philosophically ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611472868
SKU
V9781611472868
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99-15
About Eduardo de Filippo
Mimi Gisolfi D'Aponte is Professor Emerita of Theatre at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Her ongoing scholarship concerns Italian theater, particularly during the twentieth century and with special emphasis on the work of Eduardo De Filippo. Professor D'Aponte is a contributing editor to Western European Stages and a board member of the Pirandello Society of America. She and ... Read more
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