Forum Italicum

Forum Italicum is a journal of Italian Studies, founded by M. Ricciardelli in 1967. The journal is intended as a meeting-place where scholars, critics, and teachers can present their views on the literature, language, and culture of Italy and other countries in relation to Italy. Young and hitherto unpublished scholars are encouraged to contribute their critical works.

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Vol 45, No 2 (2011): Fall

Table of Contents

Articles

Cecchi’s Assiuolo: A Creative Imitation of the Old and a Telling Reflection of Contemporary Realties Abstract
Salvatore Di Maria 287
Traduzione e tradizione: Varianti d'autore nel Paradiso perduto di Paolo Antonio Rolli Abstract
Laura Alcini 311
A New Approach to an Old Question: On the Characters of Manzoni's I promess sposi Abstract
Luigi G. Ferri 339
The Role of the Holy Place in Memory and Nostalgia: The Immigration of Italian Jews to Israel Before and After WWII Abstract
Cristina Bettin 357
Transgressive Rhetoric and Reactionary Politics: Avant-Gardism, Fascism, and teh Language of Purification of Italy Abstract
Chiara Ferrari 373
I labirinti della genesi e la bussola della descrizione. Esercizi di orientamento nel cantiere de Il quinto evangelio Abstract
Wanda Santini 397

Notes

Diabolic Flatulence: A Note on Inferno 21: 139 Details
Fabian Alfie 417
Il cimitero di Praga: The Epistemic Implication Between Lies and Reality Details
Raffaele De Benedictis 428

Archivio

Testimonianza della Shoah in Italia - Olga Neerman, Tre angeli ci hanno avvisti Details
Francesca Malagnini 451

Review Articles

Cesare Pavese's Langhe: Then and Now Details
Mark Pietralunga 471

Book Reviews

Giovanni Boccaccio, Genealogy of the Pagan Gods Details
Aaron W. Godfrey 480
Martin Maiden, John Charles Smith and Adam Ledgeway, The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages Details
Lori Repetti 480
Elia Morandi, Governare l’emigrazione. Lavoratori italiani verso la Germania nel secondo dopoguerra Details
Stefano Luconi 482
Renzo Ricchi, Eternità delle rovine Details
Barbara Carle 484
Clotilde Barbarulli, Scrittrici migranti. La lingua, il caos, una stella Details
Stefania Lucamante 486
Simone Castaldi, Drawn and Dangerous. Italian Comics of the 1970's and 1980's Details
Sciltian Gastaldi 489
Marco Cerocchi, Funzioni semantiche e metatestuali della musica in Dante, Petrarca e Boccaccio Details
Barbara Zaczek 491
Paola Corti, Emigranti e immigrati nelle rappresentazioni di fotografi e fotogiornalisti Details
Stefano Luconi 493
Francesco Dalessandro, Aprile degli anni Details
Barbara Carle 495
Paolo Giordano, The Hyphenate Writer and the Legacy of Exile Details
Giusy Di Filippo 497
Martino Marazzi, A occhi aperti. Letteratura dell’emigrazione e mito americano Details
Stefano Luconi 499
Sara F. Matthews-Grieco, Ed. Erotic Cultures of Renaissance Italy Details
Stefano Nicosia 501
Antonia Pulci, Saints’ Lives and Bible Stories for the Stage, Elissa B. Weaver, Ed Details
Federica Signoriello 503
Silvia Ross, Tuscan Space, Literary Constructions of Place Details
Patrizia Sambuco 505
Leonardo Rossiello Ramirez, Alimarte. Una mongolfiera per Garibaldi. Details
Luciana Grillo Laino 506
Christopher Rundle, Publishing Translations in Fascist Italy Details
Caterina Sinibaldi 508
Elena Salibra, Il martirio di Ortigia Details
Nadia Ebani 510
Lavinia Spalanca, Il martire e il disertore. Gli scrittori e la guerra dall’Ottocento al Novecento Details
Amy Boylan 513
Peter Carravetta, Del postmoderno. Critica e cultura in America all’alba del duemila Details
Allegra de Laurentiis 515
Paolo Chirumbolo, Tra coscienza e autocoscienza. Saggi sulla narrativa degli anni sessanta Details
Sabrina Ovan 518
Antonio Corbisiero, Le vie del sogno. Personaggi e luoghi dell’altrove Details
Kathryn St. Ours 521
Laura Gianetti, Lelia’s Kiss: Imaging Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Italian Renaissance Comedy Details
Rosa Amatulli 522
Stefania Lucamante, Ed. Italy and the Bourgeoisie. The Re-Thinking of a Class Details
Alex Standen 524
Mirko Menna, Vite vissute di Gabriele D’Annunzio. Mitobiografie e divismo Details
Alessandra Sigalotti 526
Laurie Nussdorfer, Brokers of Public Trust. Notaries in Early Modern Rome Details
Alexandra Bamji 529
Michel Plaisance, Florence in the Time of the Medici: Public Celebrations, Politics, and Literature in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Details
William Sayers 531
Alessandro Polcri, Brusicare l’acqua Details
Diego Bertelli 533