In this volume a team of experts in various fields considers the impact of Italian politics and culture on British life from the early nineteenth century to the first decades of the twentieth century.  Meer

Lucas was the first human to be born on Mars. He has been brought home to Earth, but school feels more alien to him than Mars did. Lucas stands out. He has to wear a special suit in order to get around under Earth's gravity.  Meer

This first study in English of the complete writings of Italo Calvino (1923-85) offers new interpretations of Calvino's main works, taking into account some important unpublished material, and analyses Calvino's intertextual links with major writers of world literature.  Meer