Mafia and outlaw stories from Italian life and literature [electronic resource] / translations and introduction by Robin Pickering-Iazzi.
Contributor(s): Pickering-Iazzi, Robin | ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Toronto Italian studies: Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2007Description: viii, 180 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Mafia in literature | Outlaws in literature | Mafia -- Italy -- History | Women and the mafia -- Italy | Italian fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English | Italian fiction -- 19th century -- Translations into English | Women -- Italy -- Biography | Crime in popular culture -- ItalyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 853/.910803556 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-180).
Introduction: Not the Sopranos-- viewing the Mafia and outlaws throught Italian eyes -- The Gold key / Giovanni Verga -- An episode of brigandage (1855) / Carolina Invernizio -- The blessed Paulists (1909-10) / Luigi Natoli (William Galt) -- Testagrossa agrees (1911) / Giuseppe Ernesto Nuccio -- The hired killer (1928) / Grazia Deledda -- The carob tree (1993) / Maria Occhipinti -- Montelepre (1955) / Anna Maria Ortese -- Searching for Palermo (1990) / Amelia Crisantino -- The truvatura (1992) / Silvana La Spina -- The Mafia at my back (1991) / Livia De Stefani -- Testimonies: Maria Saladino, Felicia Impastato, Letizia Battaglia, Rita Atria.
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