Mimetic Desire in Otherworldly Narratives

In Luigi Pirandello’s 1929 play Lazzaro , the main character, Diego, a staunchly Catholic family patriarch, has temporarily died and then returned to life. Taking the silence of the biblical Lazarus a step further, Pirandello imagines his protagonist does not even remember nearly dying, let alone a...

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主要作者: Wittman, Laura (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: 2015
In: Mimesis, desire, and the novel
Year: 2015, Pages: 205-218
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 模仿自然
B 慾望
B Girard, René 1923-2015
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總結:In Luigi Pirandello’s 1929 play Lazzaro , the main character, Diego, a staunchly Catholic family patriarch, has temporarily died and then returned to life. Taking the silence of the biblical Lazarus a step further, Pirandello imagines his protagonist does not even remember nearly dying, let alone a vision of the beyond, until others inform him. In fact, much of the drama revolves around the competing claims of those who demand a particular story—the doctor, the priest, family members, and Diego himself— from a protagonist who has nothing to report. Pirandello’s play speaks remarkably to present-day concerns about the nature of
ISBN:9781609174521
Contains:Enthalten in: Mimesis, desire, and the novel