My Karst and My City and Other Essays

"This volume is an important milestone in the literary criticism of Trieste, a valuable companion in future explorations of the Adriatic city that makes Slataper’s rich and multifaceted work finally available in English."

Salvatore Pappalardo, Towson University, Annali d’italianistica

"A welcome addition to translations of Triestine literature and culture made available to English-speaking readers, this book is an important contribution to the body of study on Scipio Slataper. In her substantial and well-researched introduction, Elena Coda contextualizes Slataper the man and the writer within modernist and futurist debates and accompanies the translation of My Karst and My City with a selection of writings that allow the reader to follow the philosophical, political, and literary trajectory of Slataper’s life to the very eve of his death in 1915. This book, whose importance cannot be overstated, will become a seminal text in the scholarship on Slataper and Triestine literature within the pre-World War I historical and philosophical context."

Sandra Parmegiani, Associate Professor of European Studies and Italian, University of Guelph

"This collection of Scipio Slataper’s autobiographical, political, and critical writings is a groundbreaking contribution to the study of Italian and European modernism. It showcases the multifaceted aspects of Slataper’s pioneering vision on individual and collective identity, nationness, and multiculturalism, highlighting the complex history of Trieste and the tensions and contradictions within the still young Italian nation. Elena Coda's superb introductory essay and detailed notes contextualize Slataper’s thought within a broad cultural, historical, and philosophical framework. My Karst and My City and Other Essays provides unique insights into the competing ideologies that were tearing a continent apart on the verge of World War I."

Nicoletta Pireddu, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature and Inaugural Director of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative, Georgetown University