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Robert Storey's lively and gracefully written study of Pierrot is the first scholarly history of this fascinating popular figure. Unlike previous studies of commedia dell'arte characters; this book focuses as much on Pierrot as a literary metaphor and mask as on the roles and dimensions of his stage character. Originally published in 1978. The Pr



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xiii*I. Origins and Birth, pg. 1*II. L'Education Foraine: The Eighteenth Century, pg. 35*III. Gilles and Clown, pg. 66*IV. Romantic Adolescence: The Nineteenth Century, pg. 93*V. Pierrot Fumiste: Jules Laforgue, pg. 139*VI. Pierrot Ephebe: T. S. Eliot and Wallace Stevens, pg. 156*Bibliography of Principal Works Consulted, pg. 195*Index, pg. 209

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691609430, 978-0691609430
      ISBN10: 0691609438
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      Book Synopsis

      Robert Storey's lively and gracefully written study of Pierrot is the first scholarly history of this fascinating popular figure. Unlike previous studies of commedia dell'arte characters; this book focuses as much on Pierrot as a literary metaphor and mask as on the roles and dimensions of his stage character. Originally published in 1978. The Pr



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xiii*I. Origins and Birth, pg. 1*II. L'Education Foraine: The Eighteenth Century, pg. 35*III. Gilles and Clown, pg. 66*IV. Romantic Adolescence: The Nineteenth Century, pg. 93*V. Pierrot Fumiste: Jules Laforgue, pg. 139*VI. Pierrot Ephebe: T. S. Eliot and Wallace Stevens, pg. 156*Bibliography of Principal Works Consulted, pg. 195*Index, pg. 209

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