Navigando nell'oceano dei racconti salgariani

During his life Emilio Salgari (1862-1911) wrote about 150 tales of adventures, often published under pseudonyms (cap. Guido Altieri, S. Romero, Enrico Bertolini, etc). They mirror the variety and scope ofthe subjects dealt with by Salgari in his novels. The first part of my paper reviews the existing bibliography on Salgari’s tales. The second part analyzes three collections of tales, Le novelle marinaresche di Mastro Catrame (Torino, Speirani, 1894), Nel paese dei ghiacci (Torino, Paravia, 1896), Le grandi pesche dei mari australi (Torino, Speirani, 1904), and the short story I predoni del gran deserto (Napoli, Urania, 1911).