The links between literature and science have been the subject of increasing interest in recent years, as writers and scientists have tried to bridge the gap between 'the two cultures'. In this volume dedicated to the work of Pat Boyde, the distinguished British Dantist, leading scholars from Britain, North America and Italy explore this interdisciplinary movement in Italian literature. The twelve chapters encompass four broad periods - Medieval, Renaissance, Enlightenment to Positivism, and the Twentieth Century - and examine new connections between the discourses of literature and science in the works of Italy's greatest writers, from Dante to Calvino.
Pierpaolo Antonello is University Lecturer in Italian at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John's College. Simon A. Gilson is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Warwick.
Reviews:
‘Legenda's elegantly produced volume is all things to all people. It does discuss literature and science, but its miscellany is all the more enjoyable for not being tightly constrained by a potentially dogmatic, even questionable, unifying theme of "L&S".’ — J. R. Woodhouse, Modern Language Review 100.3, 7 July 2005, 845-48 (full text online)
Speculum October 2005, 1404)
Contents:
1-12
Introduction. 'A Vocation for Knowledge': Literature, Philosophy, Science and the Italian Canon Pierpaolo Antonello
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Antonello, Pierpaolo, and Simon A. Gilson (eds), Science and Literature in Italian Culture: From Dante to Calvino (Legenda, 2004)
First footnote reference:35Science and Literature in Italian Culture: From Dante to Calvino, ed. by Pierpaolo Antonello and Simon A. Gilson (Legenda, 2004), p. 21.
Subsequent footnote reference:37 Antonello and Gilson, p. 47.
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