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Norma Bouchard, University of Connecticut, USA
Gaetano Cipolla, St. John's University, USA
Pinella Di Gregorio, University of Catania, Italy
Geoffrey Hull, Macquarie University, New South Wales
Lina Insana, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Iolanda Lanzafame, University of Catania, Italy
Giovanna Palombo, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Maria Sorbello, University of Catania, Italy
The island of Sicily has for centuries been a meeting point where civilizations transformed one another and gave life to the cultural developments at the foundation of European modernity. The essays collected here explore Sicily as a place where these cultural interactions have produced conflict but also new material and intellectual exchange.