Investigating Italy's Past through Historical Crime Fiction, Films, and TV Series
This book is the first monograph in English that comprehensively examines the ways in which Italian historical crime novels, TV series, and films have become a means to intervene in the social and political changes of the country. This study explores the
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INVESTIGATING ITALY’S PAST THROUGH HISTORICAL CRIME FICTION, FILMS, AND TV SERIES Murder in the Age of Chaos
Barbara Pezzotti
Italian and Italian American Studies
Series Editor Stanislao G. Pugliese Hofstra University Hempstead, New York, USA
Aims of the Series This series brings the latest scholarship in Italian and Italian American history, literature, cinema, and cultural studies to a large audience of specialists, general readers, and students. Featuring works on modern Italy (Renaissance to the present) and Italian American culture and society by established scholars as well as new voices, it has been a longstanding force in shaping the evolving fields of Italian and Italian American Studies by re-emphasizing their connection to one another.
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Barbara Pezzotti
Investigating Italy’s Past through Historical Crime Fiction, Films, and TV Series Murder in the Age of Chaos
Barbara Pezzotti Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand
Italian and Italian American Studies ISBN 978-1-137-60310-4 ISBN 978-1-349-94908-3 DOI 10.1057/978-1-349-94908-3
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Crime fiction is an increasingly popular subject both in academia and among the general public. In the past few years, I have benefited from the thought, suggestions, and support from a vast number of people. First of all, I would like to thank all the scholars who analyzed Italian crime fiction and films, and historical crime fiction and films in particular, in the past few decades. I owe them immensely, and their works have been quoted throughout this volume. We may agree or disagree on specific points, but
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