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A volume in honour of Angela Locatelli The book explores the significance of literary translation and interpretation, in the widest sense of terms, as multiple processes of meaning and cultural transfer, by investigating how and why literature can be considered as a repository and a disseminator of knowledge and values. Featuring essays by a number of scholars focusing on a wide range of literary and critical texts of different nations and cultures and encompassing the last three centuries, this book intends to offer a contribution to the study of translation and interpretation as literary processes of cultural and epistemic dissemination of knowledge from both a theoretical and a practical perspective.
Pourquoi penser le biographique? N'est-il pas épuisé? Le siècle passé semble l'avoir vidé de son contenu et de sa substance et l'a réduit à un état d'affaiblissement presque complet dans le domaine des sciences sociales comme dans celui de la critique littéraire. L'enjeu de cet ouvrage est d'affirmer que le biographique déborde la biographie et de considérer le biographique comme une condition du retour de la biographie au moyen de son dépassement. Cet ouvrage rassemble des travaux abordant ...
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In Dante’s Prayerful Pilgrimage Alessandro Vettori provides a comprehensive analysis of prayer in Dante’s Commedia. The underlying thesis considers prayer a metaphorical pilgrimage toward a sacred location and connects it with the pilgrim’s ascent to the vision of the Trinity. Prayer is movement in Purgatorio and also in Paradiso, while eternal stasis is the penalty of blasphemous souls in Inferno. In the fictional rendition of the poem, the pilgrim’s itinerary becomes a specular reflection of Dante’s own exilic experience. Prayer’s human-divine interaction affords the poet the necessary escape from the overwhelming sense of failure in politics and love. Whether it is petitional, liturgical, thankful, praiseful, or contemplative, prayer expresses the supplicant’s wish to transform reality and attain a superior spiritual status. See inside the book.
Il volume che presentiamo raccoglie i lavori scritti da amici e allievi di Franco Brioschi che hanno voluto ricordarlo a dieci anni dalla sua prematura scomparsa. La ricca varietà di problemi, autori e testi dispiegata nei saggi qui proposti trova nella persona di Brioschi un centro unificante: questi studi testimoniano di molteplici percorsi teorici e pratiche critiche che rendono onore all'ampio orizzonte attraversato dalla sua riflessione sulla letteratura, dal suo insegnamento universitario, dalla sua personalità intellettuale, e ne riconoscono l'imprescindibile lascito. La prima parte del libro, intitolata Teoria, filologia, filosofia, presenta lavori più inclini alla riflessione di taglio sincronico; la seconda, intitolata Autori, generi, contesti, è a sua volta organizzata da un criterio diacronico. Naturalmente è difficile stabilire confini netti tra i diversi ambiti, proprio perché il campo è quello eterogeneo, multiplo e dialogicamente polifonico della letteratura, della critica e della teoria. (Dall'introduzione)
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Every year, the Bibliography catalogues the most important new publications, historiographical monographs, and journal articles throughout the world, extending from prehistory and ancient history to the most recent contemporary historical studies. Within the systematic classification according to epoch, region, and historical discipline, works are also listed according to author’s name and characteristic keywords in their title.