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"Eleanora Duse was one of the great actresses of the second half of the 19th, early part of the 20th century. In this biography which deals with the whole of her life, Helen Sheehy makes the point that Duse's importance is that she introduced a new style of acting to the theatre, a style especially apt for the new kind of realism that was taking over the stage at the same time. Her realistic acting style is contrasted to the presentational style of Sarah Bernhardt, the greatest actress of the period just prior to Duse and overlapping with her own career. Significantly, Duse's greatest successes were in the work of the realistic dramatist, Henrik Ibsen.
Despite the emphasis on her career, Sheehy does not neglect to include a good bit of information about Duse's love life, most significantly her long affair with the Italian poet Gabrielle D'Annunzio."
Jack Goodstein, Resident Scholar
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Plot
job/profession:
- actor/actress
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1800's
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor/actress/producer
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Century:
- 19th century
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
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