Fortunes of the firefly: Sciascia's art of detection

Ania, GF 1996, Fortunes of the firefly: Sciascia's art of detection , Hull University Italian Texts / Troubador Italian Studies , University Texts / Troubador, Market Harborough, UK.

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Abstract

Two of the principal features of Leonardo Sciascia’s works are the treatment of historical events and the adoption of the techniques of the detective novel. It is the latter characteristic which is the object of this study, for which I shall examine in particular the five novels, Il giorno della civetta, 1961 (The Day Of The Owl), A ciascuno il suo, 1966 (To Each His Own), Il contesto, 1971 (Equal Danger), Todo modo, 1974 (One Way Or Another), and Il cavaliere e la morte, 1988 (The Knight and Death), and the short story, Sciascia’s final ‘giallo’ (detective story), Una storia semplice, 1989 (A Straightforward Tale).

Item Type:	Book
Themes:	Subjects / Themes > D History General and Old World > DG Italy Subjects / Themes > P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) Memory, Text and Place
Schools:	Schools > School of Humanities, Languages & Social Sciences > Centre for Translating and Interpreting Schools > School of Humanities, Languages & Social Sciences
Publisher:	University Texts / Troubador
Refereed:	Yes
Series Name:	Hull University Italian Texts / Troubador Italian Studies
ISBN:	9781899293506
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Depositing User:	Institutional Repository
Date Deposited:	11 Feb 2009 15:30
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2017 15:27
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/1745

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