My Karst and My City and Other Essays

Scipio Slataper (1888–1915) was an Italian writer, most famous for his lyrical essay My Karst. He is considered, alongside Italo Svevo, as the initiator of the prolific tradition of Italian literature in Trieste.Elena Coda is an associate professor in the School of Languages and Cultures at Purdue University.Nicholas Benson is the translator of volumes by Attilio Bertolucci and Aldo Palazzeschi and the recipient of an NEA Translation Fellowship.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction"This Little Corner of Europe": Slataper's Reflections on and around Trieste's Cultural and National Identity Elena Coda A Note on the Texts and Their TranslationsNicholas Benson and Elena Coda 1. My Karst and My City 2. From Political Writings: Letters on TriesteTrieste Has No Cultural TraditionsThe Life of the Spirit3. From Literary and Critical WritingsTo Young Italian IntellectualsFuturismCrepuscular Confusion 4. From Ibsen 5. From Political WritingsIrredentism TodayThe National and Political Future of Trieste National Rights Are Affirmed with War6. From Letters to Three Women FriendsTo Elody (Firenze, 6 June 1912) To Gigetta (Firenze, 8 February 1912)To Gigetta (23 November 1915) Index

"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)