Man as Memory and Metaphor of Matter: Italo Calvino's 'Priscilla' and the Narration of (Bio)science.
This article investigates the relation between science and narration through the lens of gender and anthropocentrism. By analysing Calvino's long, 'biocomic' triptych 'Priscilla' (published in T con zero in 1967) alongside (popular) scientific tales on (a)sexual reproduction, patterns in fictional a...
| Publicado en: | Italian Studies Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 178 - 192 |
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May2023
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