03115nam 2200685 450 991046272310332120211008191401.00-7083-2433-91-299-20105-9(CKB)2670000000315633(EBL)819824(OCoLC)772517716(SSID)ssj0000812846(PQKBManifestationID)12315292(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000812846(PQKBWorkID)10878602(PQKB)11022499(SSID)ssj0000743381(PQKBManifestationID)12327098(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000743381(PQKBWorkID)10827074(PQKB)11741612(MiAaPQ)EBC1889087(MiAaPQ)EBC819824(Au-PeEL)EBL1889087(CaPaEBR)ebr10640634(CaONFJC)MIL451355(OCoLC)847916352(EXLCZ)99267000000031563320151126h20112011 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrItalian crime fiction /edited by Giuliana Pieri ; contributors, Jennifer Burns [and six others]Cardiff, [Wales] :University of Wales Press,2011.©20111 online resource (174 p.)European Crime FictionsDescription based upon print version of record.0-7083-2432-0 0-7083-2431-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction; The Emergence of a New Literary Genre in Interwar Italy; Founding Fathers: Giorgio Scerbanenco; Literature and the Giallo: Gadda, Eco, Tabucchi and Sciascia; The Mysteries of Bologna: On Some Trends of the Contemporary Giallo; Crime and the South; Italian Women Crime Writers; Milano nera: Representing and Imagining Milan in Italian Noir and Crime Fiction; Annotated Bibliography; IndexThe present volume is the first study in the English language to focus specifically on Italian crime fiction, weaving together a historical perspective and a thematic approach, with a particular focus on the representation of space, especially city space, gender, and the tradition of impegno, the social and political engagement which characterised the Italian cultural and literary scene in the postwar period. The chapters, by leading British and North-American scholars, track the history and development of Italian detective and noir fiction from the 1930's to the present with a particular focusEuropean crime fictions.Detective and mystery stories, ItalianHistory and criticismElectronic books.Detective and mystery stories, ItalianHistory and criticism.853.087209Pieri GiulianaBurns JenniferMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462723103321Italian crime fiction2459252UNINA