 | The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod: Reflections of Cinema in Early Twentieth-Century Italy Subjects: Motion pictures -- Italy -- History -- 20th century; Motion pictures and literature -- Italy -- History -- 20th century; Marinetti Filippo Tommaso 1876–1944 -- Criticism and interpretation; D’Annunzio Gabriele 1863–1938 -- Criticism and interpretation; The Great Black Spider on Its Knock-Kneed Tripod traces the encounter of Italy's writers with cinema, and in doing so offers vibrant new perspectives on the country's early twentieth-century culture. Syrimis Michael : Michael Syrimis is an assistant professor in the Department of French and Italian at Tulane University. |
