Papers by Roberto Cardini
Giornale Storico Della Letteratura Italiana, Jul 1, 2016
This essay (which complements the article entitled Gli Apologi di Leon Battista Alberti. Prelimin... more This essay (which complements the article entitled Gli Apologi di Leon Battista Alberti. Preliminari all’edizione critica, in Cum fide amicitia. Per Rosanna Alhaique Pettinelli, Roma, Bulzoni, 2015, pp. 155-175) is an applied methodological analysis of a work that radically transformed the age-old ‘genre’ of the fable. The study focuses in particular on XXVII (ex XXXII), LXXIV and LXXV (all published in a critical edition along with corresponding paratexts) and involves an examination of all pertinent bibliographical references to date (i.e. editions, translations and interpretations), textual criticism, constant attention to structure and language, the dismantling of texts, and inter- and intratextuality, in an endeavour to identify the hypotexts and reused materials fashioned in new constructions and thus unveil the overall ‘design’ at work. Hence, the analysis is anchored in objective data. The three texts are re-examined from a humoristic perspective, thereby providing a novel reinterpretation, and Alberti’s ‘reform’ (i.e. using a pithy form to convey a profound thought) reveals itself to be all the more complex and subversive. The Apologi centum are truly one of the great contributions made by Italian Humanism to modern European literature, and yet at the same time they convey a surprising timelessness
La Rassegna della Letteratura Italiana , 1991
Gli scritti proposti per la pubblicazione sono sottoposti a double blind peer review.
Gli scritti proposti per la pubblicazione sono sottoposti a double blind peer review.
Gli scritti proposti per la pubblicazione sono sottoposti a double blind peer review.
Renaissance Quarterly, 2007
The first volume proposes two definitions of the term library that indicate its scope. The first ... more The first volume proposes two definitions of the term library that indicate its scope. The first is the "material" library that Alberti may have actually possessed, and the editors note that he defined a library in the De re aedificatoria to include not only books, but also scientific ...
Gli scritti proposti per la pubblicazione sono sottoposti a double blind peer review.
la riproduzione totale o parziale, con qualsiasi mezzo, compresa la fotocopia anche ad uso intern... more la riproduzione totale o parziale, con qualsiasi mezzo, compresa la fotocopia anche ad uso interno o didattico. L'illecito sarà penalmente perseguibile a norma dell'art. 171 della Legge n. 633 del 22/04/1941.
la riproduzione totale o parziale, con qualsiasi mezzo, compresa la fotocopia anche ad uso intern... more la riproduzione totale o parziale, con qualsiasi mezzo, compresa la fotocopia anche ad uso interno o didattico. L'illecito sarà penalmente perseguibile a norma dell'art. 171 della Legge n. 633 del 22/04/1941.
Gli scritti proposti per la pubblicazione sono sottoposti a double blind peer review.
Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato eBooks, 2010
Giornale storico della letteratura italiana, 2016
This essay (which complements the article entitled Gli Apologi di Leon Battista Alberti. Prelimin... more This essay (which complements the article entitled Gli Apologi di Leon Battista Alberti. Preliminari all’edizione critica, in Cum fide amicitia. Per Rosanna Alhaique Pettinelli, Roma, Bulzoni, 2015, pp. 155-175) is an applied methodological analysis of a work that radically transformed the age-old ‘genre’ of the fable. The study focuses in particular on XXVII (ex XXXII), LXXIV and LXXV (all published in a critical edition along with corresponding paratexts) and involves an examination of all pertinent bibliographical references to date (i.e. editions, translations and interpretations), textual criticism, constant attention to structure and language, the dismantling of texts, and inter- and intratextuality, in an endeavour to identify the hypotexts and reused materials fashioned in new constructions and thus unveil the overall ‘design’ at work. Hence, the analysis is anchored in objective data. The three texts are re-examined from a humoristic perspective, thereby providing a novel reinterpretation, and Alberti’s ‘reform’ (i.e. using a pithy form to convey a profound thought) reveals itself to be all the more complex and subversive. The Apologi centum are truly one of the great contributions made by Italian Humanism to modern European literature, and yet at the same time they convey a surprising timelessness
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Alberti Ludens
In memory of Cecil Grayson
Oxford, 26-27 giugno 2017