Dante, Cinema, and Television

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Edited by Amilcare Iannucci

Type

Studies

Subject

Technique > Adaptation

Keywords

literature

Publishing date

2004

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Collection

Toronto Italian Studies

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 270 pages
6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-8020-8827-9
978-0-8020-8827-7

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Book Presentation:
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.

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