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 Young and hitherto unpublished scholars are encouraged to contribute their critical works.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 46, No 2 (2012): Fall 2012

Table of Contents

Articles

Leopardi’s and Beckett’s Dianoetic Laugh: The Intermediate Space of Desire in the Operette Morali and Krapp’s Last Tape Abstract
Roberta Cauchi-Santoro 235
Contributo alla biografia di Francesco Novati Abstract
Amedeo Benedetti 253
Il romanticismo italiano e la poesia popolare Maltese Abstract
Oliver Friggieri 306
Not Enough of an Artist? Myth, Pedagogy and Rhetoric in Carlo Michelstaedter's Poem I figli del mare Abstract
Malcolm Angelucci 342
Zeno Cosini’s Philosophy of Humor Abstract
James Nikopoulos 361
Maternity, Mortality and Mourning in the Trench Poetry of World War I Abstract
Amy Boylan 380
Between Myth and Mythology: The Multiple Ulysses in Cesare Pavese’s La luna e i falo' Abstract
Antonio Viselli 403

Review Articles

The Shadow of Translation Abstract
Thomas Patrick Wisniewski 413

Book Reviews

Luigi Fontanella, Bertang. Fantasia onirica. Prefazione di G. Pontiggia; post-fazione di C. Stroppa Details
Gregory M. Pell 417
Anna Maria Chierici, La scrittura terapeutica. Saggio su Gianni Celati Details
Daniele Fioretti 419
Fred Gardaphe, The Art of Reading Italian Americana: Italian American Culture in Review Details
Francesca M. Muccini 421
Laura Martines, The Social World of the Florentine Humanists 1390-1460 Details
Federica Signoriello 422
Christopher Nissen, Kissing the Wild Woman: Concepts of Art, Beauty, and the Italian Prose Romance in Giulia Bigolina's Urania Details
Piera Carroli 425
Mark A. Peterson, Galileo's Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts Details
Thomas Patrick Wisniewski 426
Kristin Phillips-Court, The Perfect Genre. Drama and Painting in Renaissance Italy Details
Maria Galli-Stampino 428
Matteo Pretelli, L'emigrazione italiana negli Stati Uniti Details
Stefano Luconi 431
Risa Sodi and Millicent Marcus, eds., New Reflections on Primo Levi. Before and After Auschwitz Details
Francesco Schiavon 433
Victoria C. Belco, War, Massacre, and Recovery in Central Italy, 1943-1948 Details
Sante Maletta 435
Elisa Gambaro, Il protagonismo femminile nell'opera di Ada Negri Details
Catherine Ramsey-Portolano 437
Massimiliano Merisi, "Ma non e' un "romanzo storico"...": Rocco Montano lettore dei Promessi Sposi Details
Anna Chiafele 439
Monique O'Connell, Men of Empire: Power and Negotiation in Venice's Maritime State Details
Aaron W. Godfrey 441
Alessandro Carrera, Guest Ed., Italian Critical Theory: Annali d'Italianistica, Vol. 29 Details
Valentina Fulginiti 442