Letteratura e spazio pubblico

What role does literature play in contemporary society? Is it a public good that should be promoted and made accessible to a wide range of audiences? And what do terms such as ‘Citizen Humanities’, ‘Public Literature’, ‘Public Engagement’ and ‘Third Mission’ mean for literature? This book addresses these questions and presents the Public Literature Manifesto for the first time in Italy, thereby initiating within the field of literary studies the dialogue between specialists and society that is already well established in other disciplines