TY  - BOOK
AU  - Angelo Castagnino
PY  - 2015
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781453913796
TI  - The Intellectual as a Detective
T2  - From Leonardo Sciascia to Roberto Saviano
DO  - 10.3726/978-1-4539-1379-6
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051488
N2  - The Intellectual as a Detective: From Leonardo Sciascia to Roberto Saviano offers a fresh perspective on both Italian crime fiction and the role of the intellectual in Italian society. By analyzing the characterization of men of culture as investigators, this book addresses their social commitment in a period that goes from the Sixties to today. The connection it establishes between fiction and real life makes this book an interesting addition to the debate on crime literature and its social function in Italy. The detectives created by Sciascia, Eco, Pasolini, Saviano and other novelists foster a reflection on how the narrative aspect of characterization has been used in connection with a historical perspective. Thanks to its broad scope, not limited to a single author, this book can be studied in undergraduate and graduate classes on the Italian detective novel, and it can be a helpful resource for scholars interested in characterization and the transforming figure of the intellectual in Italian society.
KW  - crime fiction, society, social commitment
LA  - English
ER  -