This series delves into the crucial importance of literature and reading in the contemporary world, critically examining the state of literary education within academic institutions. Each volume offers a polemical perspective on how traditional literary values are challenged from both internal disciplines and external pressures. In an era of economic exigency and technological shifts, the series advocates for a renewal, reinvigorating the discussion on the meaning and value of literary reading for critical thought.
An American expatriate describes life in Verona, the collision between invading suburbia and the die-hard peasant tradition, the architecture, wine bottling, gardening, religion, health care, and the Veronese