 | Italian Environmental Literature: An Anthology Subjects: Italian literature -- 20th century; Italian literature -- 19th century; Environmental policy -- Literary collections; Ecology -- Literary collections; Nature -- Literary collections; Italy has always presented itself in the modern Anglophone mind as the quintessential urban society. Yet Italy has perhaps the longest and most continuous tradition of environmental thinking and writing, stretching from the ancient Romans, through the Middle Ages. In the modern era Italy took its place very early on alongside the American conservation movement, and by the later 20th century it boasted a fully aware -- and politically active -- environmental movement. This volume brings together, for the first time -- in Italy or for an English-speaking audience -- a collection of over 40 authors from this deep and broad tradition of Italian environmental writing. Poetry and prose, the essay, the political and economic tract, and the new arts are all represented in this collection. |
