TY - BOOK ID - 77895252 TI - Pirandello and his muse : the plays for Marta Abba PY - 1998 SN - 0813018439 9780813018430 PB - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, DB - UniCat KW - Women in literature. KW - Women in literature KW - Romance Literatures KW - Languages & Literatures KW - Italian Literature KW - Woman (Christian theology) in literature KW - Women in drama KW - Women in poetry KW - Pirandello, Luigi, KW - Abba, Marta. KW - Bīrāndallū, Luwījī, KW - Пиранделло, Луиджи, KW - Pirandello, Luidzhi, KW - Pirandélo, Luwiji, KW - פיראנדלו, לואיג׳י, KW - פירנדלו, לואיג׳י KW - פירנדלו, לואיג׳י, KW - بيراندللو، لويجي، KW - Pīrāndillū, Lūʼījī, KW - پىراندللو، لوئيجى KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Relations with women. KW - Pirandello, Luigi KW - Abba, Marta UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77895252 AB - This study examines the later plays of Luigi Pirandello - those he wrote for his muse, actress Marta Abba - in light of the recent publication of their correspondence. It traces the Nobel Prize winner's entire creative process, revealing how his perception of women shaped his philosophy of art and life, and highlights the structurally necessary shift from the male protagonist of the early and more famous plays and novels to the female protagonist of the later plays. With sensitive commentary on the letters, Daniela Bini reads the plays the old maestro wrote for the young actress as the sublimation of an erotic impulse he denied throughout his life. From Diana and Tuda to The Mountain Giants, Bini maintains, Pirandello makes love to Marta in the only way he could, the mystical union of the creator and his muse. ER -