The importance of place in Italian crime fiction : a bloody journey / Barbara Pezzotti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pezzotti, Barbara.

Series:

The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns in literature.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Setting (Literature).

Detective and mystery stories, Italian--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, Italian.

Italian fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Italian fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 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. ]]>

Contents:

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 Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61147-553-8

1-283-62462-1

9786613937070

OCLC:

819816580