03197nam 2200685 450 991079228840332120230801220806.01-61147-553-81-283-62462-19786613937070(CKB)2560000000152081(EBL)1031981(OCoLC)819816580(SSID)ssj0000759582(PQKBManifestationID)12352902(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759582(PQKBWorkID)10800185(PQKB)11279668(MiAaPQ)EBC1031981(Au-PeEL)EBL1031981(CaPaEBR)ebr10608140(CaONFJC)MIL393707(EXLCZ)99256000000015208120140217h20122012 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe importance of place in Italian crime fiction a bloody journey /Barbara PezzottiLanham, Maryland :Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,2012.©20121 online resource (223 p.)Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-61147-552-X 1-61147-734-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Giallo and the City; 1 Milan, the City of Crime; 2 Turin, between History and News; 3 Naples, the Sulfurous City; 4 Palermo, Beauty, and the Mafia; II: Giallo and Urban Sprawl; 5 Bologna and the Via Emilia; 6 Northeast, the Corroded Engine of Italy; III: Giallo and the Island; 7 Sicily between Old and New; 8 Sardinia, the Motherland; Conclusion; IV: Interviews; Interviews; References; Index; About the AuthorThis 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 country. While the relation between detective fiction and its setting has been extensively analysed in the Anglo-American critical tradition of the genre, no comparable study of the Italian giallo [the name used for crime fiction in Italy] exists to date. ]]>The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian StudiesCities and towns in literaturePlace (Philosophy) in literatureSetting (Literature)Detective and mystery stories, ItalianHistory and criticismItalian fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismCities and towns in literature.Place (Philosophy) in literature.Setting (Literature)Detective and mystery stories, ItalianHistory and criticism.Italian fictionHistory and criticism.853/.08720935845Pezzotti Barbara913572MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792288403321The importance of place in Italian crime fiction3851830UNINA