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Ecocritical Approaches to Italian Culture and Literature

The Denatured Wild
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The essays in this volume provide a theorization of what we might call the "denatured" wild, in other words a notion of environmental "restoration" or "reinhabitation" that recognizes and reconfigures the human factor as an interdependent entity. Acknowledging the contributions of Marco Armerio, Serenella Iovino, Giovanna Ricoveri, Patrick Barron and Anna Re among others, Ecocritical Approaches to Italian Culture and Literature: The Denatured Wild negotiates the ground within the historicizing, theoretical perspectives, and surveying spirit of these writers. Despite the central role that nature has played in Italian culture and literature, there has been an evident lack of critical approaches free of the bridles of the socio-political manipulations of nationalism. The authors in this collection, by recognizing the groundbreaking work of many non-Italian ecocritics, challenge the narrowly defined conventions of Italian Studies and illuminates the complexities of an Italian ecocriticism that reveals a rich environmentally engaged literary and cultural tradition.
Introduction. Pasquale Verdicchio Ch. 1 The Wisdom Of The Hand And The Memory Of A Mediterranean More Than Human Humanism. Massimo Lollini Ch. 2 The Hybrid "Biocitizen" In Italo Calvino's Marcovaldo Or The Seasons In The City. Adele Sanna Ch. 3 Italian Woods Between Environmentalism And Children's Literature In Dino Buzzati's Il Segreto Del Bosco Vecchio. Viola Ardeni Ch. 4 The Cervi Family: A Peasant Story. Ilaria Tabusso Marcyan Ch. 5 A House In Flames: Environmental Ethics In The Writing Of Sebastiano Vassalli. Meriel Tulante Ch. 6 Il Bosco Degli Urogalli. A Lieu De Memoire. Stefania Nedderman Ch. 7 The Environmental Aesthetics Of Sabina Guzzanti's Le Ragione Dell'aragosta. Marguerite Waller Ch. 8 Toxic Disorder And Civic Possibility: Viewing The Land Of Fires From The Phlegraean Fields. Pasquale Verdicchio
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