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The first of its kind in English, Mafia and Outlaw Stories from Italian Life and Literature is a selection of readings from Italian fiction and non-fiction writers on the subject of the Mafia. Among the renowned writers featured are Giovanni Verga, Grazia Deledda, Anna Maria Ortese, Livia De Stefani, and Silvana La Spina, as well as famous witnesses such as Felicia Impastato, Letizia Battaglia, and Rita Atria who provide personal, often terrifying testimonies about their experiences with the Mafia. It is a historically diverse examination of criminal and outlaw institutions by some of the most significant figures in Italian literature.

These newly translated writings show the ways in which Italians perceived and wrote about the Mafia and crime from the 1880s to the 1990s. Among them are stories dealing with the important legends used by the Mafia as sources for their image and ideology, legends such as the brigand and the Blessed Paulists. Some of the fascinating them

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'The translations in Mafia and Outlaw stories from Italian Life and Literature are artfully rendered and the selections thoughtful, providing many opportunities for intertextual analysis particularly appropriate for courses in Italian History and Culture, Italian Literature, Criminology, and Justice and Legal Studies.' -- Gina M. Miele, Italian American Review: Winter 2011

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      Publisher University of Toronto Press
      Published 29 December 2007
      ISBN-13 9780802098344
      978-0802098344
      ISBN-10 0802098347
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      True crime

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The first of its kind in English, Mafia and Outlaw Stories from Italian Life and Literature is a selection of readings from Italian fiction and non-fiction writers on the subject of the Mafia. Among the renowned writers featured are Giovanni Verga, Grazia Deledda, Anna Maria Ortese, Livia De Stefani, and Silvana La Spina, as well as famous witnesses such as Felicia Impastato, Letizia Battaglia, and Rita Atria who provide personal, often terrifying testimonies about their experiences with the Mafia. It is a historically diverse examination of criminal and outlaw institutions by some of the most significant figures in Italian literature.

      These newly translated writings show the ways in which Italians perceived and wrote about the Mafia and crime from the 1880s to the 1990s. Among them are stories dealing with the important legends used by the Mafia as sources for their image and ideology, legends such as the brigand and the Blessed Paulists. Some of the fascinating them

      Trade Review
      'The translations in Mafia and Outlaw stories from Italian Life and Literature are artfully rendered and the selections thoughtful, providing many opportunities for intertextual analysis particularly appropriate for courses in Italian History and Culture, Italian Literature, Criminology, and Justice and Legal Studies.' -- Gina M. Miele, Italian American Review: Winter 2011

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