This article deals with a specific relation within TV productions: that between the principal investigator and his assistant in detective serials. This grouping of two characters often of the opposite sex offers an interesting ...

Scenes of religious or superstitious fanaticism are quite common in Salgari's novels. Such events are given particular attention throughout his work and make the object of detailed and lively descriptions. The novelist ...

This article explores Salgari's considerable opus to identify the more properly "Italian" aspects the novelist has included in his yarns. Even though he is known for the exotic locales of his novels, Salgari does not forget ...

This article examines Salgari’s earnings and the expenses he incurred, comparing him to contemporary best-selling authors.

Emilio Salgari was, notoriously, a slave of the pen. He sold the rights to his early works for ridiculously low amounts of money, and afterwards signed contracts that give him a kind of fixed income in exchange for a certain ...

In the initial Foundation trilogy (1941-1953), Isaac Asimov adopts a probability-based view of human history, resulting from accidental events brought together by the selective pressure of diverse socio-cultural factors. ...

This paper looks at the characteristics that have marked contemporary "bande dessinée" production, focusing on the growing interest of the media and publishing industry, and the stance of comic creators and independent ...

This article is a critical assessment of Niccolò Ammaniti's novel and Gabriele Salvatores' homonymous film I'm not scared in their attempt at portraying the point of view of a child within an Italian family at the end of ...