Ecocriticism and Italy

Serenella Iovino is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Turin, Italy. She is a past president of the European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and Environment (EASLCE) and her previous books include Ecologia Letteraria (2006) and, as co-editor, Material Ecocriticism (2014).

The book offers insightful stories of ecological struggle that provide illuminating examples of the interconnectivity of human and nonhuman landscapes, showing how forms of resistance have been developed and acted in a variety of texts and contexts. The scrupulous and rigorous research of this work is coupled with a beautiful writing style, which effortlessly traverses and connects various disciplines, and is an inspired labour of love by the author for her country, its people, places, and literature.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionI. Bodies of Naples: A Journey in the Landscapes of PorosityII. Cognitive Justice and the Truth of Biology: Death (and Life) in VeniceIII. Three Earthquakes: Wounds, Signs, and Resisting Arts in Belice, Irpinia, and L’Aquila.IV. Slow: Piedmont’s Stories of Landscapes, Resistance, and Liberation.Works CitedIndex