The importance of place in contemporary Italian crime fiction : a bloody journey /

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By taking as its point of departure the privileged relationship between the crime novel and its setting, this book is the most wide-ranging examination of the way in which Italian detective fiction in the last 20 years has become a means to articulate the changes in the social landscape of the count...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pezzotti, Barbara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison [N.J.] : Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, ©2012.
Colección:Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies.
Temas:
1900-1999
Cities and towns in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Setting (Literature)
Detective and mystery stories, Italian > History and criticism.
Italian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Lieu (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Espace et temps (Littérature)
Roman italien > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
Detective and mystery stories, Italian.
Italian fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Giallo and the city. Milan, the city of crime
  • Turin, between history and news
  • Naples, the sulphurous city
  • Palermo, beauty and the Mafia
  • Giallo and urban sprawl. Sicily between old and new
  • Sardinia, the motherland
  • Interviews.

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