Vendetta [[electronic resource] ] : essays on honor and revenge / / edited by Giovanna Summerfield
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| Titolo: |
Vendetta [[electronic resource] ] : essays on honor and revenge / / edited by Giovanna Summerfield
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| Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2010 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809.93353 |
| Soggetto topico: | Revenge in literature |
| Vendetta | |
| Altri autori: |
SummerfieldGiovanna
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In spite of our clever and urban modern logic, our sharp common sense of destruction and reaction versus the more gratifying construction and proactive action, we still weave talionic plots that go beyond staged tragedies and past eras. Revenge continues to be popular in fiction as in non-fictional realms. As an audience, we enjoy films and books that hail the 'getting even' philosophy; even our most renowned children's stories are seeded in vindication and retribution (Hansel and Gretel, Red... |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Vendetta |
| ISBN: | 1-282-62437-7 |
| 9786612624377 | |
| 1-4438-2101-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821636903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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