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The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947)

The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947)

Jo Ann Cavallo

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Wimbledon Publishing
Año de edición:
2023
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Literatura: historia y crítica
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9781839987649
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This study reconstructs the history of the Manteo family marionette theater in New York City, provides translations of eight selected plays and 270 extant summaries, and offers comparative analyses uncovering how Agrippino Manteo’s scripts creatively adapt Italian Renaissance chivalric poems and nineteenth-century prose compilations.

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