From Firenze University Press Book: Rewriting and Rereading the XIX and XX-Century Canons — Luigi Gussago, La Trobe University, Australia Readers and commentators are often tempted to pry into the works of their revered authors in search of hints that may disclose their intimate lives. George Gissing is no exception, to the point that his personal misfortunes have often overshadowed his undeniable literary talent…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Journal of Early Modern Studies (JEMS) — Paola Pugliatti, University of Florence Introducing his essay‘Notes on Deconstructing “the Popular” ’, Stuart Hall says: ‘… I want to tell you some of the difficulties I have with the term “popular”. I have almost as many problems with “popular” as I have with “culture”. When you put the two…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Cambio — Cas Wouters Norbert Elias’s concept of «functional democratisation» describes an equalisation in social power relations through the differentiation («division of labour») and interweaving of social functions in expanding interdependency networks. This concept was absent in my work until I ran into «functional de-democratisation», about eight years after it was introduced…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Ri-vista — María Belén Bonaz, University of Buenos Aires Diaz de Pineda et al. (1973) define landscape as the plurisensorial perception of an ecological relation system; in these terms, the landscape is generated by a sensorial appreciation of the place and the interaction between ecological and cultural features. As postulated by Nogué…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Substantia — Vincenzo Balzani, Emeritus Professor in Chemistry, University of Bologna Our world is sick because of the bad relationship between human society and the planet and even more because of the discords within human society itself. We are slipping more and more towards ecological and social unsustainability. Both scientists and philosophers…

From Firenze University Press Book: Rewriting and Rereading the XIX and XX-Century Canons — Michela Barisonzi, Monash University, Australia At the turn of the 20th century, we see an increase in the production of fictional writings and galatei dedicated to a female audience and characterized by a strong pedagogic focus. At the same time, we find novels and medical treaties, such as those of…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Cambio — Giuseppe Tipaldo, University of Turin Fabio Bruno, Quaerys srl Sara Rocutto, University of Turin During the summer of 2013, a series of farmers from Salento, Apulia’s southern sub-region (Italy), noticed an alarming phenomenon: a group of olive trees showed signs of desiccation, and pruning did not seem to have any…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Substantia — Miroslava Duskova-Smrckova, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences Jiří Podešva, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences Jiří Michálek, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences Modern hydrogels are usually tailor-made for the given purpose and application, be they synthesized by radical-initiated or stepwise process-es, performed…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology — Michela Relucenti, Department SAIMLAL, Sapienza University of Rome Francesca Alby, Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome Fatima Longo, Department SAIMLAL, Sapienza University of Rome Selenia Miglietta, Department SAIMLAL, Sapienza University of Rome Marilena Fatigante, Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome