Caravaggio in Film and Literature
Popular Culture's Appropriation of a Baroque Genius
- 236 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Although fictional responses to Caravaggio date back to the painter's lifetime (1571-1610), it was during the second half of the twentieth century that interest in him took off outside the world of art history. In this new monograph, the first book-length study of Caravaggio's recent impact, Rorato provides a panoramic overview of his appropriation by popular culture. The extent of the Caravaggio myth, and its self-perpetuating nature, are brought out by a series of case studies involving authors and directors from numerous countries (Italy, Great Britain, America, Canada, France and Norway) and literary and filmic texts from a number of genres - from straightforward tellings of his life to crime fiction, homoerotic film and postcolonial literature.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio — A Self-Perpetuating Myth
- 1 Caravaggio in Context
- 2 Michelangelo Merisi’s Lives: The ‘Painter as Character’ Genre
- 3 Caravaggio, Crime Fiction, and the Noir
- 4 Caravaggio and Homoerotic Concerns
- 5 Deleuzian Folds: Michael Ondaatje’s and Anthony Minghella’s Caravaggio
- Conclusion: Caravaggio and the Neo-Baroque — Some Final Considerations
- Bibliography
- Index