PAGETTI, Carlo

(1945-)

   Italian critic, Professor of English Literature at the University of Turin. His study of sf Il senso del futuro: la fantascienza nella letteratura Americana ("The Sense of the Future: Science Fiction in American Literature") (1970) is the first serious literary study of sf byan Italian. Subsequent books are I Marziani alla corte della Regina Vittoria ("Martians at the Court of Queen Victoria") (1986), on H.G.WELLS's SCIENTIFIC ROMANCES, and Cittadini di un assurdo universo("Citizens of an Absurd Universe") (coll 1989), essays on Ambrose BIERCE, Katharine BURDEKIN, H.P. LOVECRAFT, Edgar Allan POE and Mark TWAIN. He ed Nel tempo del sogno ("In the Time of the Dream") (anth 1988), has had articles on Wells, Philip K. DICK and Burdekin translated in SCIENCE-FICTION STUDIES, and is editor of a critical series in book formdevoted to sf, La citta e le stelle ("The City and the Stars"). He has published a collection of short stories, mostly fantasy, Favole di lontananza ("Fables of Distance") (coll 1989). He wrote the entry on ITALY in this volume.

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   See also: CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL WORKS ABOUT SF.