International Conference on Leopardi and the Book in the Age of
Romanticism
to be held at the University of Birmingham, Edgbaston,
Birmingham B15 2TT, from 29-31 October 1998
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
DEPARTMENT OF ITALIAN STUDIES
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE/CONVEGNO INTERNAZIONALE
Leopardi and the Book in the Age of Romanticism
Leopardi e il libro nell'etā romantica
Lucas House, The University of Birmingham, 29-31 October 1998
In conjunction with Giunta Nazionale Leopardiana and with the support
of the Italian Cultural Institute, London
Thursday 29th October
Lunch will be available in Lucas House from 1230. Registration will
start at 1.00pm
1415 Welcome
Frances Young,
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham
Nicholas Dent,
Head of the School of Humanities, University of
Birmingham
Franco Foschi,
Director of the Centro Nazionale di Studi Leopardiani,
Recanati
Benedetta Bini,
Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, London
To be followed by the signing of an Agreement to create a
Cattedra Leopardiana at the University of Birmingham
1500 Antonio Prete (University of Siena)
Filologia fantastica: traduzione ed esegesi del libro
inesistente
1530 Gino Ruozzi (Reggio Emilia)
Leopardi, Lichtenberg e Joubert
1600 Tea
1620 Anna Dolfi (University of Florence)
Come avrebbe dovuto essere il mondo.
Note in margine al libro romantico leopardiano
1650 Franco Musarra (Catholic University of Leuven)
Il "libro aperto" in Leopardi e F. Schlegel
1720 Franco D'Intino (University of Birmingham)
L'autoritā del libro moderno
1750 Discussion
1830 Reception at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts and visit
to the Galleries
2000 Dinner at Staff House
Friday 30th October
Registration will start at 9.00 am
MORNING SESSION
0930 Ghan Syam Singh (CNSL, Recanati)
The 'Lyrical Ballads' and the 'Canti'
1000 Fiorenza Ceragioli (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)
Leopardi in Pisa: the English connection
1030 Paul Hamilton (QMW, London)
Shelley, Leopardi and the writing of nihilism: from
the 'Pensieri' to the 'Triumph of Life
1100 Discussion and coffee
1130 Paola Colaiacomo (University of Rome 'La Sapienza')
Poetry and narration in Coleridge's 'The Rime of the
Ancient Mariner'
1200 Peter Porter (London)
The strangeness of Leopardi
1230 Discussion, followed by lunch in Lucas House
AFTERNOON SESSION
1400 Maurizio Bossi (Gabinetto Vieusseux, Florence)
Racconti di viaggi nell'etā di Leopardi
1430 Lucia Strappini (Univeristy of Foreigners, Siena)
Leopardi e il testo drammatico
1500 Break
1515 Fiorenza Ceragioli, Emilio Peruzzi, Monica Ballerini and
Eugenio Picchi, (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa) present:
Leopardi on-line. Introduction to the CD-ROM version
of Leopardi's notebooks, the 'Zibaldone'
1615 Tea
1630 Wanda Marra (University of Rome III)
Costruzione e immagine del libro attraverso l'indice:
il 'Galateo morale'
1700 Marco Riccini (Ancona)
La forma ipertestuale dello 'Zibaldone'
1730 Discussion
1815 Reception in the Heslop Room (Rare Books Collection),
University Library
Participants are invited to make their own dinner arrangements for
the evening; a wide variety of restaurants, bars, etc can be found
in the centre of Birmingham.
Saturday 31st October
Registration will start at 09.00 am
0930 Bart van den Bossche (Catholic University of Leuven)
I miti nelle 'Operette morali'
1000 Claudio Colaiacomo (University of Rome, 'La Sapienza')
Problemi testuali in Leopardi
1030 Discussion and coffee
1100 Luigi Blasucci (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)
I 'Canti' come libro
1130 Maria de las Nieves Muņiz Muņiz (University of Barcelona)
Struttura e riscrittura nel libro dei 'Canti'
1200 Alberto Asor Rosa (University of Rome, 'La Sapienza')
Il libro romantico dei 'Canti'
1230 Discussion and Conclusion of the conference
1245 Lunch in Lucas House
Any potential participants, who have not yet done so, are urged to
contact the Department of Italian Studies, University of Birmingham,
Birmingham B15 2TT.
Tel./fax: 0121 414 5930
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