Elemental Narratives: Reading Environmental Entanglements in Modern Italy

by Enrico Cesaretti

Over the past century, the Italian landscape has undergone exceedingly rapid transformations, shifting from a mostly rural environment to a decidedly modern world. This changing landscape is endowed with a narrative agency that transforms how we understand our surroundings. Situated at the juncture of Italian studies and ecocriticism and following the recent "material turn" in the environmental humanities, Elemental Narratives outlines an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271087730
• ISBN13: 9780271087733
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"