Italian Cinema and Modern European Literatures: 1945-2000

by Carlo Testa

Book Overview

The history of cinema, and notably that of post-war Italian cinema, can only be understood adequately in the context of other contiguous cultural disciplines. World literature, including that of France, Germany, and Russia, played a key role in the development of post-war Italian film and the cinematic technique it has come to embody. Moving away from the usual modes of defining this period--a trajectory that begins with neorealism and ends with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275975223
• ISBN13: 9780275975227
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"