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Title:

Mafia and outlaw stories from Italian life and literature / translations and introduction by Robin Pickering-Iazzi.

Publisher:

University of Toronto Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

viii, 180 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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--Italy.
Mafia dans la littérature.
Hors-la-loi dans la littérature.
Mafia--Italie--Histoire.
Femmes et mafia--Italie.
Roman italien--20e siècle--Traductions anglaises.
Roman italien--19e siècle--Traductions anglaises.
Femmes--Italie--Biographies.

Other Authors:

Pickering-Iazzi, Robin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-180).

Contents:

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.

Series:

Toronto Italian studies

ISBN:

0802095615 (pbk.)
9780802095619 (pbk.)
0802098347 (bound)
9780802098344 (bound)

LCCN:

2008371157

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)