Urban Interconnections
Ecocritical Readings of the City in Matilde Serao and Émile Zola
Sophie Maddison
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ISBN: 978-1-839543-70-8 (hardback) • RRP £95, $120, €120 ISBN: 978-1-839543-71-5 (paperback, forthcoming) ISBN: 978-1-839543-72-2 (JSTOR ebook) The Italian author Matilde Serao (1856-1927) is an authoritative voice on Neapolitan life during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her French contemporary Émile Zola (1840-1902) enjoys similar renown for his literary engagement with Paris. As the legacy of their work endures, how can ecocritical analysis strengthen our understanding of these authors as well as the cities they wrote about most prolifically? Urban Interconnections responds thoroughly to this question, moving comparative discussion beyond iconic texts and frequently noted similarities. Through ecocritical readings that enhance our appreciation of Serao and Zola, Sophie Maddison uncovers new lines of affinity between Naples and Paris. Maddison explores such connections from a literary-historical perspective informed by present-day ecological sensibilities – offering a fresh vision of literary analysis as engagement with environments past, present, and future. Sophie Maddison is a scholar of Comparative Literature specialising in ecocriticism, urban narratives, and Franco-Italian connections. Bibliography entry: Maddison, Sophie, Urban Interconnections: Ecocritical Readings of the City in Matilde Serao and Émile Zola, Studies In Comparative Literature, 60 (Legenda, 2027) First footnote reference: 35 Sophie Maddison, Urban Interconnections: Ecocritical Readings of the City in Matilde Serao and Émile Zola, Studies In Comparative Literature, 60 (Legenda, 2027), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Maddison, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Maddison, Sophie. 2027. Urban Interconnections: Ecocritical Readings of the City in Matilde Serao and Émile Zola, Studies In Comparative Literature, 60 (Legenda) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Maddison 2027: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Maddison 2027: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Urban-Interconnections www.mhra.org.uk/publications/sicl-60 |
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