The_Italianist

An interdisciplinary journal in Italian Studies founded in 1981

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A tribute has been written by Prof. Daniela La Penna on the University of Reading portal at this link: https://t.co/oAtnpgABS4

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Current and past editors of 'The Italianist' remember with profound sadness Giulio Lepschy (1936-2026) – distinguished scholar, maestro of generations of academics, for decades one of the pillars of Italian at Reading, and founding member of the journal, in 1981.

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Hot off the press, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 45.1 (2025) is here!
https://t.co/UELiiTtyoQ

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Giacomo Comiati investigates the complex and multifaceted phenomenon of Petrarchan early modern Latin translations:
https://t.co/kMlbdwg9Jp

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Alberica Bazzoni's 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝-𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐃𝐢 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨’𝐬 "𝐌𝐢𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐞 𝐞̀ 𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐮𝐦𝐞" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐝𝐚 𝐃’𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐨’𝐬 "𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝’𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚"
https://t.co/bwBfuvehA1

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Jennifer Burns discusses the intersubjective operation of forms of autobiography in narratives of transnational experience related to contemporary Italy by Mannocchi and Mengiste: https://t.co/AdXZ1zGA3c

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Almost two years without Michela Murgia, but with all her invaluable legacy.
Anna Saroldi investigates Murgia's influence on the reception of the Catalan theologian and activist Teresa Forcades i Vila:
https://t.co/QA04j067T5

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𝐃𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐨: 𝐀 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞, by @MJMaraJosi, within the special issue 44.2 (2024), 'Narratives of the Self': https://t.co/QengPz8RKB

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𝐎𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟: ‘𝐖𝐞’ 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, by @andrea_brondino

https://t.co/obnH4jvnM6

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The Italianist 44.3 (2024) is out!
https://t.co/UELiiTt0zi

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Anna Borgarello investigates the relationship between individual and collectivity in "La città distratta" by Antonio Pascale (1999).

https://t.co/QFrPFTYKRv

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.@PintonLuigi investigates the emergence, the significance, and the purpose of a characterizing contemporary narrative structure, which he terms ‘the second-hand story’:
https://t.co/iQTW5cJsSO

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Michele Maiolani’s article 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢 looks at Celati's "Narratori delle pianure" and "Verso la foce", considering their points of contact with anthropology.
https://t.co/4jMn9AkrIA

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Emily Antenucci’s article discusses Natalia Ginzburg’s literary biography to demonstrate how it contravenes biographical convention, while occupying a central interest among feminist thinkers:
https://t.co/wMb6B7PejA

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The latest special issue 'Narratives Beyond the Self: Relationality in Contemporary Italian Literature' opens with Elisa Russian’s article ‘Group Self-Portraits: Reciting Intersubjectivity in Carla Lonzi and Luisa Passerini’.
Read the article online:
https://t.co/cTTOwdI6er

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Out now: '𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟: 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞', special issue ed. by Jennifer Burns, Anna Borgarello, Michele Maiolani, and Luigi Pinton.
https://t.co/UELiiTt0zi

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Please consider submitting an article for a special issue on 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚, ed. by Jim Carter and Alessandro Brunazzo:

https://t.co/hFNUfGBY2W

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"Ora mischiamo le lingue, l’inglese, l’italiano, l’arabo e il francese insieme. Vengono usate insieme quando parliamo".

Goglia's thought-provoking study on language dynamics among families of new Italians in the UK:

https://t.co/3eRW469vtV

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'I wish, mon vieux, that you and Barlo and I'.
Laura Piccina's 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚̀ 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏) 𝐝𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐲 explores Dante's presence in the 2001 collection by the Irish poet.
https://t.co/uvExwrphtg

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Pasolini conceived of two broad categories of popular music: folk music and contemporary genres like pop and jazz. In 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, Karen T. Raizen shows how these two categories were permeable in his work.
https://t.co/7B9Ucxq9NR