{"product_id":"fantastic-echoes-in-contemporary-italian-literature-9781793638410","title":"Fantastic Echoes in Contemporary Italian","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Fantastic Echoes in Contemporary Italian Literature, Castagnino argues that contemporary Italian fiction often uses fantastic tropes to address realistic concerns. In doing so, he establishes a connection between the tradition of Gothic and fantastic fiction and societal concerns over topics such as ecocriticism, ecofeminism, artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and personal and collective memory. The study of, among others, Nicola Lagioia, Simona Vinci, Alessandro Perissinotto and Michele Mari delivers a powerful rendition of the practical applications that fantastic and Gothic tropes have for an understanding of today's Italian fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: EcoGothic, Transhumanism and Ecofeminism: Nicola Lagioia and Simona Vinci\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Living Ghosts: Perturbing Presences in the Narratives of Simona Vinci\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Silencing Ghosts: Alessandro Perissinotto and the Return of the Past\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: From Beast to Double: Understanding the Role of Fantastic Elements in the Works of Michele Mari\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: “True Horror Lay in the Breaking Down of Boundaries.” The Rural Gothic of Pupi Avati, Eraldo Baldini, and Michela Murgia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042674442583,"sku":"9781793638410","price":69.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793638410.jpg?v=1750955120","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fantastic-echoes-in-contemporary-italian-literature-9781793638410","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}