Alberto Castelli is a writer and a humanities professor at Hainan University, China. Chiefly, he is engaged with Modernism, Postmodern dynamics, and Cross-Cultural Studies. He is the author of "Perspectives on Asia: is China kitsch?" (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and "Bipolarism in the Nineteenth Century Novel" (University of Toronto Quarterly, 2023). Most recently Castelli's publications include Eros and Thanatos. Love Across Civilizations (Vernon Press, 2023) and Love, Beauty or Morality (Springer, 2024).