Da Rider Haggard a Salgari :riscrivere l’Africa nell’era dei colonialismi.

My essay presents a critical overview of some major novels on Africa written by Italy’s greatest adventure novelist, Emilio Salgari (1862-1911). I shall analyze how Salgari portrays Africa and the Africans in the era of colonial expansion and Imperialism, in La favorita del Mahdi, an exciting instan...

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Main Author: Paola Irene Galli Mastrodonato
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Published: Dalhousie University 2018-08-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/belphegor/1407
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Da Rider Haggard a Salgari :riscrivere l’Africa nell’era dei colonialismi.
Belphégor
Emilio Salgari; Italian literature
colonial literature on Africa
comparative literature
adventure novels
Joseph Conrad
Henry Rider Haggard
title Da Rider Haggard a Salgari :riscrivere l’Africa nell’era dei colonialismi.
title_full Da Rider Haggard a Salgari :riscrivere l’Africa nell’era dei colonialismi.
title_fullStr Da Rider Haggard a Salgari :riscrivere l’Africa nell’era dei colonialismi.
title_full_unstemmed Da Rider Haggard a Salgari :riscrivere l’Africa nell’era dei colonialismi.
title_short Da Rider Haggard a Salgari :riscrivere l’Africa nell’era dei colonialismi.
title_sort da rider haggard a salgari riscrivere l africa nell era dei colonialismi
topic Emilio Salgari; Italian literature
colonial literature on Africa
comparative literature
adventure novels
Joseph Conrad
Henry Rider Haggard
url https://journals.openedition.org/belphegor/1407
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