Winner of the American Association for Italian Studies Book Prize 2016
Written by one of Europe's leading critics, Ecocriticism and Italy reads the diverse landscapes of Italy in the cultural imagination. From death in Venice as a literary trope and petrochemical curse, through the volcanoes of Naples to wine, food and environmental violence in Piedmont, Serenella Iovino explores Italy as a text where ecology and imagination meet. Examining cases where justice, society and politics interlace with stories of land and life, pollution and redemption, the book argues that...
Winner of the American Association for Italian Studies Book Prize 2016
Written by one of Europe's leading critics, Ecocriticism and...
Bringing together new writing by some of the field's most compelling voices from the United States and Europe, this is the first book to examine Italy - as a territory of both matter and imagination - through the lens of the environmental humanities. The contributors offer a wide spectrum of approaches to move past cliche and reimagine Italy as a hybrid, plural, eloquent place.
Bringing together new writing by some of the field's most compelling voices from the United States and Europe, this is the first book to examine Italy...
Bringing together new writing by some of the field's most compelling voices from the United States and Europe, this is the first book to examine Italy - as a territory of both matter and imagination - through the lens of the environmental humanities. The contributors offer a wide spectrum of approaches to move past cliche and reimagine Italy as a hybrid, plural, eloquent place.
Bringing together new writing by some of the field's most compelling voices from the United States and Europe, this is the first book to examine Italy...
