The Novel as Investigation : : Leonardo Sciascia, Dacia Maraini, and Antonio Tabucchi / / JoAnn Cannon.
Detective fiction is a universally popular genre; stories about the investigation of a crime by a detective are published all over the world and in hundreds of languages. Detective fiction provides more than entertainment, however; it often has a great deal to say about crime and punishment, justice...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Toronto Italian Studies
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Power of the Pen in Leonardo Sciascia's Porte Aperte
- 2. The Death of the Detective in II Cavaliere e la morte
- 3. In Search of Isolina
- 4. Voci and the Conventions of the Giallo
- 5. Ethics and Literature in Sostiene Pereira: Una Testimonianza
- 6. Detection, Activism, and Writing in La testa perduta di Damascene* Monteiro
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index