Pinocchio, puppets and modernity

Pinocchio, puppets and modernity the mechanical body / [electronic resource] : edited by Katia Pizzi. - New York : Routledge, 2012. - xvii, 228 p. : ill. - Children's literature and culture . - Children's literature and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. Carlo Collodi and the rhythmical body : between Giuseppe Mazzini and George Sand / Jean Perrot -- ch. 2. Puppets on a string : the unnatural history of human reproduction / Ann Lawson Lucas -- ch. 3. Workshops of creation, filthy and not : Collodi's Pinocchio and Shelley's Frankenstein / Charles Klopp -- ch. 4. The manufacture of a modern puppet type : the anatomy of Alfred Jarry's Monsieur Ubu and its significance / Jill Fell -- ch. 5. Man is non-man : mannequins, puppets and marionettes in the theatre of Dario Fo / Christopher Cairns -- ch. 6. Unpainting Collodi's fireplace / Stephen Wilson -- ch. 7. Pinocchio and the mechanical body : Luciano Folgore's papers at the Getty Research Institute Library / Katia Pizzi -- ch. 8. The myth of Pinocchio : metamorphosis of a puppet from Collodi's pages to the screen / Salvatore Consolo -- ch. 9. The watchful mirror : Pinocchio's adventures re-created by Roberto Benigni / Salvatore Consolo -- ch. 10. Beyond the mechanical body : digital Pinocchio / Massimo Riva.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203679784 (e-book : PDF)


Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890. Avventure di Pinocchio.
Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890 --Influence.


Pinocchio (Fictitious character)
Puppets in literature.
Mechanization in literature.
Civilization, Modern, in literature.
Literature and technology--History--19th century.
Literature and technology--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

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