La télévision culturelle franco-allemande. Vidéos, direct | ARTE. Margaret Anne Doody // Faculty // Department of English // University of Notre Dame. Il Blog delle Ragazze | Margaret Doody interview. Mrs Doody, how did you get the idea to write mystery novels set in ancient times? And the choice of Aristotle as main character playing the role of a detective? One evening I was re-reading Aristotle’s RHETORIC in order to discuss it with an MA student, and then I crawled into bed with a mystery story. then it struck me that Aristotle, with his lack of illusions about human nature –and the Athenian way of life–would make a great Sherlock Holmes. The idea took root, as I realized that nobody else was going to write the story I began to think of. Classical colleagues kindly encouraged me and the result was ARISTOTLE DETECTIVE. ( My first idea for a title was ARISTOTLE’S RHETORIC, as I thought that would make a nice puzzle for librarians.
You wrote your first novel, Aristotle Detective, in the 70’s, but it was published in Italy only in 1999. Why all this delay? An Italian version was published (in 1980 I think) in a gialli series by Mondadori, but much abbreviated and cut up. Mi piace: Free video lectures,Free Animations, Free Lecture Notes, Free Online Tests, Free Lecture Presentations. Avatars - Create an Animated Talking Character for Your Website. OpenSourceInternet.org | The best free online tools & software.