Chapter 1: Zen Perspectives on Calvino’s Environmentalism

Claudia Dellacasa

From Italo Calvino and Japan: A Journey through the Shallow Depths of Signs (2024), pp. 17-48, doi:10.59860/ip.c158de5

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Claudia Dellacasa

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Abstract.  1.1. Cross-species (Dis)harmonies within Calvino’s Trajectory — 1.1.1. Literature as Natural Philosophy: Towards a Theoretical and Creative Holism; 1.1.2. Calvino’s View of Japanese Entanglements; 1.1.3. The Remains of the Harmony: Dialectical Interactions in Palomar. 1.2. Matters of Perspective in Japanese Traditions — 1.2.1. The Holism of Japanese Gardens; 1.2.2. Cross-species Interdependencies and Identifications in Calvino’s Japanese Books.

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