The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947): The Paladins of France in America

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By Jo Ann Cavallo.

Anthem World Epic and Romance Series. Anthem Press, 2023.

This study reconstructs the history of the Manteo family marionette theater in New York City, provides translations of eight selected plays and 270 extant summaries, and offers comparative analyses uncovering how Agrippino Manteo’s scripts creatively adapt Italian Renaissance chivalric poems and nineteenth-century prose compilations. e-book  hardcover

The book is currently available on Kindle at amazon.com.

Anthem Press Information Sheet.

Book presentation with panelists Barbara Faedda, Jhumpa Lahiri, Anna Lomax Wood, and Konstantina Zanou. Video of event.

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