Introduction: Nesting Instincts

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Nesting Instincts 1
5. 1. Foreshadowing: The Scapigliati and Psychoanalysis 24
6. 2. Returning: The Poemi conviviali and the Uncanny 57
7. 3. Positioning Pascoli in the Fin de Siècle: The Case of Infanticide 83
8. 4. Envisioning Childhood: Memory, Desire, Pietas, and Play 107
9. 5. Remembering the Golden Age 135
10. Conclusion: Reading beyond the Family Romance 159
11. Notes 161
12. Bibliography 191
13. Index 199