{"product_id":"living-masks-umberto-mariani-9780802096005","title":"Living Masks: The Achievement of Pirandello","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Nobel Prize-winning dramatist Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) is undoubtedly one of the most innovative playwrights of the twentieth century and also one of the most complex. While his influence spread throughout modernist and postmodernist works, many first-time audiences and readers are confronted with the difficulty associated with such a radical aesthetic experience. In \u003cem\u003eLiving Masks\u003c\/em\u003e, Umberto Mariani presents a clear and comprehensive introduction of Pirandello's major plays for general readers, students, and scholars new to Pirandello.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunctioning as a guide to understanding the fundamental themes of Pirandello's plays, the author also examines the critical, aesthetic, and technical problems associated with these plays. He provides extensive reflection on some of the failings of early and contemporary criticism on Pirandello's works and offers many corrections of interpretative direction that will be significant and helpful to directors and performers. In particular, Mariani presents a deeper understanding and greater appreciation of Pirandello's works as a challenge to the tendency to adapt, and modify them, which drastically deprive the works of their original power and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA concise and accessible introduction to a twentieth-century literary master, \u003cem\u003eLiving Masks\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to dramatists, literary scholars, and students and scholars of Italian studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Umberto Mariani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080209600X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802096005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 289","brand":"Umberto Mariani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072785772799,"sku":"9780802096005","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0291f325-800e-4eda-ac2e-f7da6aad7998.jpg?v=1685443943","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/living-masks-umberto-mariani-9780802096005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}