The Resource The importance of place in contemporary Italian crime fiction : a bloody journey, Barbara Pezzotti
The importance of place in contemporary Italian crime fiction : a bloody journey, Barbara Pezzotti
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- Summary
- By taking as its point of departure the privileged relationship between the crime novel 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. Nowadays there is a general acknowledgement of the importance of place in Italian crime novels. However, apart from a limited scholarship on single cities, the genre has never been systematically studied in a way that so comprehensively spans Italian national boundaries. The originality of this volume also lies in the fact that the author have not limited her investigation to a series of cities, but rather she has considered the different forms of (social) landscape in which Italian crime novels are set. Through the analysis of the way in which cities, the 'urban sprawl', and islands are represented in the serial novels of 11 of the most important contemporary crime writers in Italy of the 1990s, this book articulates the different ways in which individual authors appropriate the structures and tropes of the genre to reflect the social transformations and dysfunctions of contemporary Italy. In so doing, this volume also makes a case for the genre as an instrument of social critique and analysis of a still elusive Italian national identity, thus bringing further evidence in support of the thesis that in Italy detective fiction has come to play the role of the new 'social novel'. <br /> <br />
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 213 pages).
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Giallo and the city. Milan, the city of crime
- Turin, between history and news
- Naples, the sulphurous city
- Palermo, beauty and the Mafia
- Giallo and urban sprawl. Sicily between old and new
- Sardinia, the motherland
- Interviews
- Isbn
- 9781611475531
- Label
- The importance of place in contemporary Italian crime fiction : a bloody journey
- Title
- The importance of place in contemporary Italian crime fiction
- Title remainder
- a bloody journey
- Statement of responsibility
- Barbara Pezzotti
- Subject
-
- 1900-1999
- Cities and towns in literature
- Cities and towns in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Detective and mystery stories, Italian
- Detective and mystery stories, Italian -- History and criticism
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Italian fiction
- Italian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | Italian
- Place (Philosophy) in literature
- Place (Philosophy) in literature
- Setting (Literature)
- Setting (Literature)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- By taking as its point of departure the privileged relationship between the crime novel 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. Nowadays there is a general acknowledgement of the importance of place in Italian crime novels. However, apart from a limited scholarship on single cities, the genre has never been systematically studied in a way that so comprehensively spans Italian national boundaries. The originality of this volume also lies in the fact that the author have not limited her investigation to a series of cities, but rather she has considered the different forms of (social) landscape in which Italian crime novels are set. Through the analysis of the way in which cities, the 'urban sprawl', and islands are represented in the serial novels of 11 of the most important contemporary crime writers in Italy of the 1990s, this book articulates the different ways in which individual authors appropriate the structures and tropes of the genre to reflect the social transformations and dysfunctions of contemporary Italy. In so doing, this volume also makes a case for the genre as an instrument of social critique and analysis of a still elusive Italian national identity, thus bringing further evidence in support of the thesis that in Italy detective fiction has come to play the role of the new 'social novel'. <br /> <br />
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pezzotti, Barbara
- Dewey number
- 853/.08720935845
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PQ4181.D4
- LC item number
- P49 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in Italian studies
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cities and towns in literature
- Place (Philosophy) in literature
- Setting (Literature)
- Detective and mystery stories, Italian
- Italian fiction
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Cities and towns in literature
- Detective and mystery stories, Italian
- Italian fiction
- Place (Philosophy) in literature
- Setting (Literature)
- Label
- The importance of place in contemporary Italian crime fiction : a bloody journey, Barbara Pezzotti
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Giallo and the city. Milan, the city of crime -- Turin, between history and news -- Naples, the sulphurous city -- Palermo, beauty and the Mafia -- Giallo and urban sprawl. Sicily between old and new -- Sardinia, the motherland -- Interviews
- Control code
- 819816580
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 213 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781611475531
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)819816580
- Label
- The importance of place in contemporary Italian crime fiction : a bloody journey, Barbara Pezzotti
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Giallo and the city. Milan, the city of crime -- Turin, between history and news -- Naples, the sulphurous city -- Palermo, beauty and the Mafia -- Giallo and urban sprawl. Sicily between old and new -- Sardinia, the motherland -- Interviews
- Control code
- 819816580
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 213 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781611475531
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)819816580
Subject
- 1900-1999
- Cities and towns in literature
- Cities and towns in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Detective and mystery stories, Italian
- Detective and mystery stories, Italian -- History and criticism
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Italian fiction
- Italian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | Italian
- Place (Philosophy) in literature
- Place (Philosophy) in literature
- Setting (Literature)
- Setting (Literature)
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