Luchino Visconti and the Alchemy of Adaptation

Author:   Brendan Hennessey
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9781438484976


Pages:   268
Publication Date:   01 September 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Brendan Hennessey
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438484976


ISBN 10:   1438484976
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   01 September 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Literary Sources, Cinematic Frameworks Part I: Neorealist Interiors in Word and Image 1. La terra trema (The Earth Trembles, 1948): Inhabiting The House by the Medlar Tree, from Verga to Visconti 2. Ossessione (Obsession, 1941): In from the Outside: Literary Interiors in Neorealist Exteriors 3. Senso (1954) and Le notti bianche (White Nights, 1957): Voice and Body: Books through Stars of the Screen Part II: The Super-Spectacle Adaptations 4. Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers, 1960): Passion and Pugilism in Visconti's Boxing Film 5. Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963) and Il lavoro (The Job, 1962): Wedding Bestseller with Blockbuster 6. La caduta degli dei (Götterdämmerung) (The Damned, 1969): A Queer Macbeth in Nazi Uniform Part III: The Late Works, Page to Screen 7. Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa (Sandra, 1965) and L'Innocente (The Intruder, 1976): D'Annunzio, Decadence, and Tragic Masculinity 8. Lo straniero (The Stranger, 1967): Crime and Punishment in a ""Failed"" Adaptation 9. Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice, 1971): Ode to the Elegant Art of Adaptation Bibliography Filmography Index"

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"""…the book has an admirable range and supplies a convincing account of the director's work in its Italian social context and of international film culture in the postwar decades."" — CHOICE"


...the book has an admirable range and supplies a convincing account of the director's work in its Italian social context and of international film culture in the postwar decades. - CHOICE


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Brendan Hennessey is Associate Professor of Italian in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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