Machiavelli: Mandragola

Politics & Social Sciences

Paolucci, Anne

Paolucci, Henry

Philosophy

Pearson

<div> <div> The first serious contemporary dramatist to come from off-Broad­way and successfully break through the financial barriers and strict proscriptions of commercial American theatre, Albee is also the first, if not the only one, of his generation to have tried out successfully such diverse dramatic forms as naturalism, surrealism, symbolism, farce, tragicomedy, and meta­physical allegory. In the decade since Who&rsquo;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) Albee thus has earned a reputation as the most promising of the young American playwrights. His honors include a Pulitzer Prize in 1967 for A Delicate Balance. To a small but expanding body of critical interpretation of Albee&rsquo;s work, Anne Paolucci has made this important contribution. Her keen and appreciative insights will aid the reader and theatregoer in obtaining a broader, more thorough understanding of Albee&rsquo;s plays and his ideas about the theatre. </div> </div>

From Tension to Tonic: The Plays of Edward Albee (A Chicago Classic)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Southern Illinois University Press

Riding the mast where it swings: Poems

Griffon House Publications

Review of National Literatures: Armenia

World Literature

Council on Natl Literature

Anne Paolucci supplies a critical and appreciative analysis of Edward Albee, one of the leading American playwrights of the twentieth century. Along the way, she uses her familiarity with Dante and Pirandello to explore Albee’s combination of humor and dark brooding, his religious transparencies, use of symbolism, the claustrophobic intensity of his emotional space, and his no-exit situations.

From Tension to Tonic: The Plays of Edward Albee

Griffon House

Mandragola

Hassell Street Press

Scattered in a variety of academic journals here and abroad, these importnat essays have been brought together in a single volume for the first time. Included as an introduction is a lecture prepared by Dino Bigongiari, for over five decades the most eminent scholar at Columbia University and one of the great Dantist of the century. An internationally-known comparist, founder of Council on National Literatures and for over three decades Editor of its prestigious series, Review of National Literatures, Dr. Anne Paolucci brings her wide reading and training to bear in such essays as "Dante's Satan and Milton's 'Bryonic Hero'," "Dante and Machiavelli: Political 'Idealism' and Political 'Realism';" and "Women in the Political Love-Ethic of the Divine Comedy and the Faerie Queens." She sheds new light on a familiar subject in "Dante, Hegel, and the Marian Inspiration of the Commedia," showing Hegel to be a rich source for critical study in this area. "Exile Among the Exiles: Dante's Party of One" focuses on Dante's bitter life-long exile from his beloved Florence. "The Strident Voices of Hell" provides an insightful introduction to the Inferno. A brief but substantive picture of the Middle Ages is provided in "The Cosmopolitan Age of Dante and His Dream of Restored Imperial Rule." Professor Bigongiari's essya, probably written to be delivered as a lecture in Florence on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth, is a welcome Introduction to the volume. In his terse, informative and authoritative voice, the author raises two important questions: "Is Dante a popular poet?" and "Is Dante a classic poet?" In the course of answering these questions, Professor Bigongiari provides brilliant insights into the preservation and transmission of the precious manuscripts and codices that passed through his hands in Florence, where he had been invited to help prepare for the anniversary celebrations.

Dante Revisited: Essays by Anne Paolucci

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