000			01905nam a2200313 i 4500
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003			InACL
005			20261007140856.0
008			261007s1999 xxu 0 eng d
020			_a9780820444543
020			_a0820444545
040			_aInACL _beng _erda _cInACL
082	0	4	_a853.91209 _bSTE _223
100	1		_aStella, M. John _eauthor
245	1	0	_aSelf and self-compromise in the narratives of Pirandello and Moravia / _cM. John Stella
264		1	_aNew York : _bP. Lang, _c1999
300			_a252 pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"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.
650		0	_aPirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936 -- Criticism and interpretation.
650		0	_aMoravia, Alberto, 1907- -- Criticism and interpretation.
650		0	_aSelf in literature.
650		0	_aCriticism and interpretation
650		0	_aSelf in literature
650		0	_aPirandello, luigi, 1867-1936
650		0	_aMoravia, alberto, 1907-1990
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