Dante, Cinema, and Television

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Pub. Date: 2004-11-21
Publisher(s): Univ of Toronto Pr
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Summary

The Divine Comedyof 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 Televisioncorrects this oversight. The essays, from a broad range of disciplines, cover the influence of the Divine Comedyfrom 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 Televisiondemonstrates the many subtle ways in which Dante's Divine Comedyhas been given 'new life' by cinema and television, and underscores the tremendous extent of Dante's staying power in the modern world.

Author Biography

Amilcare A. Iannucci is a professor with the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introductionp. ix
Dante and Hollywoodp. 3
Early Cinema, Dante's Inferno of 1911, and the Origins of Italian Film Culturep. 21
The Helios-Psiche Dante Trilogyp. 51
Back to the Future: Dante and the Languages of Post-war Italian Filmp. 74
Beginning to Think about Salop. 97
The Off-Screen Landscape: Dante's Ravenna and Antonioni's Red Desertp. 106
Spencer Williams and Dante: An African-American Filmmaker at the Gates of Hellp. 129
Television, Translation, and Vulgarization: Reflections on Phillips' and Greenaway's A TV Dantep. 145
Dopo Tanto Veder: Pasolini's Dante after the Disappearance of the Firefliesp. 153
'Non Senti Come Tutto Questo Ti Assomiglia?' Fellini's Infernal Circlesp. 166
Dante and Canadian Cinemap. 176
Dante and Cinema: Film across a Chasmp. 189
Dante by Heart and Dante Declaimed: The 'Realization' of the Comedy on Italian Radio and Televisionp. 213
Notes on Contributorsp. 225
Index of Filmsp. 229
Index of Namesp. 235
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