{"product_id":"channeling-nature-serena-ferrando-9781049800936","title":"Channeling Nature: Plants, Animals, and Water in Italian Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if poetry could teach us to live differently - alongside plants, animals, and water? \u003cem\u003eChanneling Nature: Plants, Animals, and Water in Italian Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e explores how twentieth-century Italian literature can be a powerful medium for ecological thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough close readings of poets like Andrea Zanzotto, Daria Menicanti, and Milo De Angelis, environmental and Italian studies professor Serena Ferrando reveals how poetry gives voice to the more-than-human world and models new forms of multispecies cohabitation, resistance, and care. Moving beyond traditional symbolism, the book shows how poetic language channels the agency of nature itself, shaping environmental sensibilities and ethical engagement. Drawing on ecocriticism, environmental humanities, and Italian literary studies, Ferrando combines literary analysis with transdisciplinary insight to highlight the ethical, aesthetic, and philosophical significance of poetry's engagement with nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized around the bodies of plants, animals, and water, the book uncovers surprising connections between humans and the non-human world. Ultimately, \u003cem\u003e Channeling Nature\u003c\/em\u003e argues that poetry's marginality and contemplative pace foster a unique ecological attention - one rooted in empathy and imagination, inspiring more sustainable ways of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Serena Ferrando\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1049800931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781049800936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Serena Ferrando","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965571055871,"sku":"9781049800936","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e38dc28-86d7-4fe4-9ab3-23e8444ec875.jpg?v=1767281437","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/channeling-nature-serena-ferrando-9781049800936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}