Characterising the Anthropocene: Ecological Degradation in Italian Twenty-First Century Literary Writing - Hardcover

by Serenella Iovino (Other), Alessandro Macilenti (Author)

This book applies the analytical methods of third-wave ecocriticism to selected twenty-first century Italian literary works. The author demonstrates that these works offer an invaluable opportunity to communicate meaningfully and accessibly the discomforting truths of global environmental change.

Author Biography

Alessandro Macilenti obtained a doctoral degree at the Victoria University of Wellington. His research interests include the educational and communicative potential of literary writing depicting radical environmental degradation.