Domesticating Ibsen for Italy. Enrico and Icilio Polese's by Giuliano D'Amico PDF

Il quantity (in lingua inglese) indaga le trasformazioni radicali che subirono i testi del grande drammaturgo norvegese quando furono introdotti sulle scene italiane, tra il 1891 e il 1894, dagli agenti teatrali Enrico e Icilio Polese, contribuendo alla canonizzazione di un nuovo Ibsen “italiano”. Why could Italian theatregoers now not cease guffawing while Henrik Ibsen’s characters pointed out “the wild duck”? Why did «Ghosts» develop into Ibsen’s maximum luck at the Italian degree, not like its reception in other places in Europe? What sorts of demanding situations did Ibsen’s translators and middlemen face in Italy, and the way did neighborhood audiences react to this new drama from the North? «Domesticating Ibsen for Italy» addresses such questions and investigates the novel ameliorations which happened to Ibsen’s texts once they have been first brought in Italy. «Domesticating Ibsen for Italy» specializes in the “Ibsen crusade” run among 1891 and 1894 by way of the theatrical brokers Enrico and Icilio Polese, who translated and brought 8 performs by means of Ibsen to the Italian level. at the foundation of in depth archival examine and textual research of the translations, this e-book files how the Poleses contributed to Ibsen’s canonization via moulding and advertising a brand new, “Italian” Ibsen. Giuliano D'Amico è professore associato di letteratura scandinava al Volda collage university, in Norvegia. Ha pubblicato diversi articoli su autori nordici e ha co-curato le antologie «Den engasjerte kosmopolitt. Nye Bjørnson-studier» (Novus, 2013) e «Lyset kommer fra sør. Italias frigjøringskamp Imp. av datidens Norske forfattere» (Gyldendal, 2011). in keeping with le edizioni di Pagina ha tradotto e curato, nel 2009, il dramma «Un fallimento» di Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.