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Methods of Murder

Beccarian Introspection and Lombrosian Vivisection in Italian Crime Fiction

By: Elena M. Past

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Methods of Murder

Beccarian Introspection and Lombrosian Vivisection in Italian Crime Fiction

By: Elena M. Past

The first extended analysis of the relationship between Italian criminology and crime fiction in English, Methods of Murder examines works by major authors both popular, such as Gianrico Carofiglio, and canonical, such as Carlo Emilio Gadda. Many scholars have argued that detective fiction did not exist in Italy until 1929, and that the genre, which was considered largely Anglo-Saxon, was irrelevant on the Italian peninsula. By contrast, Past traces the roots of the twentieth-century literature and cinema of crime to two much earlier, diverging interpretations of the criminal: the bodiless figure of Cesare Beccaria’s Enlightenment-era On Crimes and Punishments, and the biological offender of Cesare Lombroso’s positivist Criminal Man. Through her examinations of these texts, Past demonstrates the links between literary, philosophical, and scientific constructions of the criminal, and provides the basis for an important reconceptualization of Italian crime fiction.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442698101

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9781442698109

The Shattered Mirror

Representations of Women in Mexican Literature

By: María Elena de Valdés

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The Shattered Mirror

Representations of Women in Mexican Literature

By: María Elena de Valdés

Popular images of women in Mexico—conveyed through literature and, more recently, film and television—were long restricted to either the stereotypically submissive wife and mother or the demonized fallen woman. But new representations of women and their roles in Mexican society have shattered the ideological mirrors that reflected these images. This book explores this major change in the literary representation of women in Mexico. María Elena de Valdés enters into a selective and hard-hitting examination of literary representation in its social context and a contestatory engagement of both the literary text and its place in the social reality of Mexico. Some of the topics she considers are Carlos Fuentes and the subversion of the social codes for women; the poetic ties between Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Octavio Paz; questions of female identity in the writings of Rosario Castellanos, Luisa Josefina Hernández, María Luisa Puga, and Elena Poniatowska; the Chicana writing of Sandra Cisneros; and the postmodern celebration—without reprobation—of being a woman in Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate.

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300

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University of Texas Press

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0292786824

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9780292786820

Hard Night in the Suburbs

By: Elena Breus

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Hard Night in the Suburbs

By: Elena Breus

Hard Night in Suburb – new murder mystery from Elena Breus (Almaty, Kazakhstan)This novel is about a mysterious murder and it is so thrilling that you could not put it down until the very last page to discover if special agent Paul Krosby had succeded in finding murderer. Really enjoyable reading with vivid, quirky characters, intriguing plot and unexpected outcome. Presented book is Elena's first publication experience and many other interesting stories are on the way!

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110

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Litres

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5457500144

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9785457500143

Halfway In Between

Book Two in the Halfway Series

By: Steena Holmes,Elena Aitken

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Halfway In Between

Book Two in the Halfway Series

By: Steena Holmes,Elena Aitken

By New York Times Bestselling author, Steena Holmes and Elena Aitken, comes their latest collaboration, sure to resonate with women everywhere. Life hasn't been easy for Melissa Tait-Rhodes -- but then, how could it be since she's been living a lie for the past ten years. A lie that has completely changed her daughter's life and affected Parker, her brother-in-law in ways neither of them imagined. As the only one in town who shares her secret, it was natural for Melissa to lean on him. After all--he's family. When Nikki Landon decided to say in her hometown of Halfway, Montana, things with her new boyfriend naturally became more serious. In fact, things might be getting a lot more serious between them if it wasn't for one thing--his all too involved sister-in-law getting in the way. But there's more to their relationship that anyone is admitting and when Parker finally comes clean with the truth, Melissa's carefully constructed deception begins to crumble. Secrets in a small town have a way of getting out, and if Melissa and Nikki aren't careful, this is one secret that could destroy everything, including what they both want more than anything--to be with the one they love. Visit their websites: elenaaitken.com steenaholmes.com

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129

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Sistareads

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1927968038

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9781927968031

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