Secret of the Muses Retold
Subtitle: Classical Influences on Italian Authors of the Twentieth Century
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: February 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780226437477
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Italian; Literature: Classics; Italy; European - Italian; Literary Criticism & Collections / Italian; 20th century; Civilization, Classical, in li; Civilization, Classical, in literature; Classical influences; Italian literature
First sentence: It takes a certain audacity to set oneself the task of not just filming, but actually rewriting, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, but I suppose Pier Paolo Pasolini was never known primarily for his modesty.