An analysis of the relationship between detective fiction 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 country.
An analysis of the relationship between detective fiction 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 country.
Produktdetails
Produktdetails
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
Barbara Pezzotti teaches Italian language and culture in various tertiary institutions in New Zealand.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents: Epigraphs Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Giallo and the City 1 Milan, the city of crime Piero Colaprico and Pietro Valpreda's 'Dynamic' Milan Andrea G. Pinketts' Grotesque Milan Sandrone Dazieri and a Manichean Image of the City 2 Turin, between History and News Bruno Ventavoli and the 'Savoy Kasbah' Piero Soria and the Renewal of Turin's Pride 3 Naples, the sulphurous city Siviero's Naples as the Dystopian City of the Future 4 Palermo, beauty and the Mafia Piazzese and a Schizophrenic Palermo Part II: Giallo and urban sprawl 5 Bologna and the Via Emilia Carlo Lucarelli and a Dilating Bologna 6 Italy's North-east, the Corroded Engine of Italy Massimo Carlotto and the Alligator series Part III: Giallo and the Island 7 Sicily between Old and New Andrea Camilleri and Vigàta, the Imaginary 'Island' 8 Sardinia, the Motherland Marcello Fois and his Contemporary Trilogy Conclusion Part IV: Interviews Bibliography Index About the Author
Contents: Epigraphs Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Giallo and the City 1 Milan, the city of crime Piero Colaprico and Pietro Valpreda's 'Dynamic' Milan Andrea G. Pinketts' Grotesque Milan Sandrone Dazieri and a Manichean Image of the City 2 Turin, between History and News Bruno Ventavoli and the 'Savoy Kasbah' Piero Soria and the Renewal of Turin's Pride 3 Naples, the sulphurous city Siviero's Naples as the Dystopian City of the Future 4 Palermo, beauty and the Mafia Piazzese and a Schizophrenic Palermo Part II: Giallo and urban sprawl 5 Bologna and the Via Emilia Carlo Lucarelli and a Dilating Bologna 6 Italy's North-east, the Corroded Engine of Italy Massimo Carlotto and the Alligator series Part III: Giallo and the Island 7 Sicily between Old and New Andrea Camilleri and Vigàta, the Imaginary 'Island' 8 Sardinia, the Motherland Marcello Fois and his Contemporary Trilogy Conclusion Part IV: Interviews Bibliography Index About the Author
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