Title
A Double Dose of Death in Ignio Ugo Tarchetti's 'I fatali'
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2-2017
Department 1
Italian Studies
Abstract
Italy's version of the Gothic novel and short story, known as the romanzo and racconto nero, have remained on the periphery of Italian fiction since the time of the fantastic's late arrival on the peninsula after the Unification of 1861, when the country was still struggling with modernisation and national identity (or the lack thereof), and when writers -- tired of the historical novel, and the veneration of Alessandro Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed) (1842) -- were lamenting the absence of a powerful contemporary, national literature. (excerpt)
Recommended Citation
Petraglia, Christina. "A double dose of death in Iginio Ugo Tarchetti's 'I fatali.'" In The Gothic and Death, ed. Carol Margaret Davison. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017. pp. 145-156.
Comments
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