TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stella,M.John
TI  - Self and self-compromise in the narratives of Pirandello and Moravia
SN  - 9780820444543
U1  - 853.91209 23
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - P. Lang
KW  - Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936 -- Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Moravia, Alberto, 1907- -- Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Self in literature
KW  - Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Pirandello, luigi, 1867-1936
KW  - Moravia, alberto, 1907-1990
N2  - "This study presents a distinctly new interpretation of key works by Luigi Pirandello and Alberto Moravia that dramatizes the identity crisis of the individual, a theme that figures so prominently in twentieth-century literature. Previous criticism considered these narratives solely within a European context and assumed that the protagonists failed to resolve their dilemmas.As the present study reveals, however, an alternative approach is warranted by evidence that Pirandello and Moravia were familiar with fundamental tenets of Buddhism, the first philosophy to advocate the deconstruction of personal identity. Combining a lucid explanation of Buddhist doctrine with Western sources, Dr.Stella demonstrates that by "losing their identity," characters such as Mattia Pascal end not in defeat, as is commonly supposed, but in victory over existential suffering and discontent."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -