Neo-ruralism in the European Context. Origins and Evolution

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 4
2. Contents 7
3. The Modern Rural 9
4. Neo-ruralism in the European Context. Origins and Evolution 28
5. A Semi-Peircean Essay on “New Ruralism” by Means of Nature 43
6. Can Suburbia Think? 57
7. Sertão, City, Saudade 63
8. The Come Back of the Province. Giovannino Guareschi’s PETITS RÉCITS as Postwar TERZA VIA 79
9. The Priorat and the Landscaping of Catalan TERROIR 95
10. Rural, Conceptual: The Non-urban as a Significant Practice in Contemporary Catalan Culture 111
11. Leaving the City on Foot: Four Observations on Walking, Thinking and Writing in Contemporary Catalan Culture 127
12. DE MOTS A TERRA: Linguistic Ruin in Francesc Serés’s L’ARBRE SENSE TRONC 141
13. A Catalan Peasant: Dalí’s Renewal of Surrealism 159
14. Geology and Literature 175
15. That 189
16. Works Cited 197
17. Conceptual Index 211
18. Name Index 215
19. About the Contributors 219