The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature

Edited by Peter Hainsworth, Professor of Italian, University of Oxford, and David Robey, Professor of Italian, University of Reading

Roger Absalom [RAbs]
Michael Allen [MA] University of California, Los Angeles
Richard Andrews [RAA] University of Leeds
Giovanni Aquilecchia [GAq] University College, London
Peter Armour [PA] Royal Holloway, University of London
Massimo Bacigalupo [MB] University of Genoa
Zyg Baranski [ZB] University of Cambridge
Paul Barnaby [PBarn] University of Edinburgh
John Barnes [JCB] University College, Dublin
Lorenzo Bartoli [LB] University of Glasgow
Paolo Bartoloni [PBart] La Trobe University, Victoria
Gino Bedani [GLCB] University of Swansea
Richard Bellamy [RPB] University of Reading
Anna Laura Bellina [ALB] University of Padua
Pietro Beltrami [PGB] University of Pisa
Paola Bertoldi [PBert] Wolfson College, Oxford
Robert Black [RDB] University of Leeds
Giovanni Bogliolo [GBB] University of Urbino
Guido Bonsaver [GUB] Royal Holloway, University of London
Steven Botterill [SNB] University of California, Berkeley
Svetlana Kostantinova Bouchoueva [SKB] University of St Petersburg
Vittore Branca [VB] Fondazione Cini, Venice
Peter Brand [CPB] University of Edinburgh
Alison Brown [ABr] Royal Holloway, University of London
Judith Bryce [JHB] University of Bristol
Bojan Bujic [BB] Magdalen College, Oxford
Alan Bullock [ABu] University of Leeds
Charles Burdett [CFB] University of Bristol
Peter Burke [UPB] Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Jennifer Burns [JEB] University of Warwick
Alberto Cadioli [AC] University of Milan
Michael Caesar [MPC] University of Birmingham
Ann Caesar [AHC] Univerity of Warwick
Stefano Calabrese [SC] University of Udine
Nadia Cannata [NC] University of Reading
Martino Capucci [MC] University of Bologna
Manuel Carrera Díaz [MCD] University of Seville
Giovanni Carsaniga [GC] University of Sydney
Tim Carter [TC] Royal Holloway, University of London
Carlo Caruso [CCa] Univerity of St Andrews
Remo Catani [RDC] University of Wales, Cardiff
Claude Cazalé-Bérard [CC-B] University of Lille III
Luciano Cheles [LChe] University of Lancaster
Francesca Chiarelli [FC] Royal Holloway, University of London
Loredana Chines [LChi] University of Bologna
Claudio Ciociola [CCi] Università per Stranieri, Siena
Barry Collett [BC] University of Melbourne
Philip Cooke [PC] University of Strathclyde
Richard Cooper [RAC] Brasenose College, Oxford
Ilaria Crotti [IC] University of Venice
Giovanni Da Pozzo [GDP] University of Padua
Michel David [MD]
Nicholas Davidson [NSD] St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Mark Davie [RMD] University of Exeter
Albinia de la Mare [ACdelaM] King's College, London
Anna Del Conte [ADelC] London
Cristina Della Coletta [CDellaC] University of Virginia
Peter Denley [PRD] Queen Mary and Westfield College, London
Arnaldo Di Benedetto [ADiB] University of Turin
John Dickie [JD] University College, London
Paul Diffley [PBD] University of Exeter
Franco D'Intino [FD'I] University of Birmingham
Simon Ditchfield [SD] University of York
Anna Dolfi [AD] Univerity of Florence
Robert Dombroski [RSD] City University of New York
Raffaele Donnarumma [RD] University of Pisa
Marco Dorigatti [MGD] St Peter's College, Oxford
Christopher Duggan [CD] University of Reading
Derek Duncan [DD] University of Bristol
Jonathan Dunnage [JMD] University of Swansea
Edoardo Esposito [EE] University of Milan
Silvia Evangelisti [SE] University of Birmingham
Jane Everson [JEE] Royal Holloway, University of London
Conor Fahy [CF] University College, London
Ursula Fanning [UJF] University College, Dublin
Claire Farago [CJF] University of Colorado
Joe Farrell [JF] University of Strathclyde
Ronnie Ferguson [RGF] University of Durham
Franco Fido [FF] Harvard University
David Forgacs [DF] University College, London
Barbara Garvin [BG] University College, London
John Gatt-Rutter [JG-R] La Trobe University, Victoria
Nella Giannetto [NG]
David Gibbons [DG] University of Edinburgh
Robert Gordon [RSCG] Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Guglielmo Gorni [GG] University of Geneva
Caterina Griffante [CG] University of Venice
Gwyn Griffith [TGG] University of Manchester
Clive Griffiths [CEJG] University of Manchester
Stephen Gundle [SG] Royal Holloway, University of London
Peter Hainsworth [PH] Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Vivienne Hand [VS-H] Royal Holloway, University of London
Manfred Hardt [MH] University of Duisburg
Robert Hastings [RABGH] University of Manchester
Eric Haywood [EGH] University College, Dublin
Robert Hollander [RH] Princeton University
Deborah Holmes [DCH] New College, Oxford
George Holmes [GH] All Souls College, Oxford
Claire Honess [CEH] University of Reading
Philip Horne [PRH] Oxford
>>>>>Carolyn James [CJ] Monash University
John Johnson [JJ] Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Verina Jones [VRJ] University of Reading
Bill Kent [FWK] Monash University
David Kimbell [DRBK] University of Edinburgh
Christopher Kleinhenz [CK] University of Wisconsin
Dilwyn Knox [DK] University College, London
Benjamin Kohl [BK] Vassar College
Jill Kraye [JK] Warburg Institute, University of London
John Law [JEL] University of Swansea
Nigella Lawson [NL] London
Ann Lawson Lucas [ALL] Univerity of Hull
Laura Lepschy [LL] University College, London
Giulio Lepschy [GCL] University of Reading
John Lindon [JMAL] University College, London
Jennifer Lorch [JAL] University of Warwick
Robert Lumley [BL] University College, London
Romano Luperini [RL] University of Siena
Ian Maclean [IWFM] All Souls College, Oxford
Ilaria Magnani Campanacci [IMC]
Martin Maiden [MM] Trinity College, Oxford
Guido Mazzoni [GM] University of Siena
Elizabeth McGrath [EMcG] Warburg Institute, University of London
Martin McLaughlin [MMcL] Magdalen College, Oxford
Philip McNair [PMcN] University of Birmingham
Harry McWilliam [HMcW] University of Leicester
Erika Milburn [ELM] St John's College, Oxford
Eileen Anne Millar [EAM] University of Glasgow
Alan Millen [AM] University of Kent
Stephen Milner [SJM] University of Bristol
Vincenzo Moleta [VBM] University of Western Australia
Sarah Morgan [SVM] University of Bristol
Luigina Morini [LM] University of Pavia
Anne Mullen [AWM] Royal Holloway, University of London
Geoffrey Nowell-Smith [GN-S] University of Luton
Catherine O'Brien [CO'B] University College, Galway
Deirdre O'Grady [DO'G] University College, Dublin
Tony Pagliaro [ADP] La Trobe University
Letizia Panizza [LAP] Royal Holloway, University of London
Eugenia Paulicelli [EP] City University of New York
Spencer Pearce [SPC] University of Manchester
Lino Pertile [LPer] Harvard University
Jennifer Petrie [JP] University College, Dublin
Michelangelo Picone [MP] University of Zurich
Giuliana Pieri [GP] Royal Holloway, University of London
Katia Pizzi [KP] University of Kent
Loredana Polezzi [LPol] University of Warwick
John Pollard [JP] Anglia Polytechnic University
Anna Proudfoot [ASP] Oxford Brookes University
Pietro Puliatti [PP]
Albert Rabil Jr. [AR] State University of New York, Old Westbury
Judy Rawson [JR] University of Warwick
Dennis Rhodes [DER] British Library, London
Lucy Riall [LR] Birkbeck College, London
Kenneth Richards [KR] University of Manchester
Brian Richardson [BR] University of Leeds
Christina Roaf [ECMR] Somerville College, Oxford
Clare Robertson [CR] University of Reading
David Robey [DR] University of Reading
Paolo Rossi [PLR] University of Lancaster
Silvia Rotondella [SR]
June Salmons [JMS] University of Swansea
Aldo Scaglione [AS] New York University
Elizabeth Schachter [ES] University of Kent
Darrow Schecter [DS] University of Sussex
John Scott [JAS] University of Western Australia
Hugh Shankland [HS] University of Durham
Prue Shaw [PS] University College, London
Sybil Sheringham [SCS] Oxford
Nicoletta Simborowski [NMS] Christ Church, Oxford
Maurice Slawinski [MPS] University of Lancaster
Rosa Solinas [RS] St Cross College, Oxford
Marialuisa Stazio [MLS]
Giuseppe Stellardi [GS] St Hugh's College, Oxford
Luigi Surdich [LS] University of Genoa
George Talbot [GT] University of Hull
Anthony Julian Tamburri [AJT] Purdue University, Indiana
Emmanuela Tandello [ET] Christ Church, Oxford
John Took [JT] University College, London
Brian Trowell [BLT] University of Oxford
Jonathan Usher [JU] University of Edinburgh
Shirley Vinall [SV] University of Reading
Juliann Vitullo [JV] Arizona State University
Chris Wagstaff [CGW] University of Reading
Giles Walker [GPTW] Oriel College, Oxford
Sharon Wood [SW] University of Leicester
John Woodhouse [JRW] Magdalen College, Oxford
Diego Zancani [DieZ] Balliol College, Oxford
Domenico Zanrè [DomZ] University of Glasgow

"I have consulted this book for almost a year for research, teaching, and editorial work, and in all cases, but especially for editing, it has proved an invaluable, user-friendly, and quick provider of reliable information ... an outstanding pioneering work ... a very fine volume that scholars will find indispensable." - Modern Language Review

"The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature is an essential purchase for relevant libraries and will equally prove a critical reference source in Italian collections. The work can be very strongly recommended." - Chris Taylor, Curator French and Italian Collections, National Library of Scotland

"The entries are invariably clearly written, accurate, reliable and informative. They are thoroughly cross-referenced." - Chris Taylor, Curator French and Italian Collections, National Library of Scotland

"Coverage is remarkably balanced between the different periods, taking in writers from Dante to Tabucchi." - Chris Taylor, Curator French and Italian Collections, National Library of Scotland

"Scholars and students of Italian literature have been waiting for the appearance of an Oxford companion to Italian literature with a good deal of anticipation and no doubt impatience for several decades ... finally they have an Oxford Companion of their own to place on the reference shelf and one which lives up to the kudos of the sister volumes for French and German. They will no doubt be uncorking the Chianti in Italian departments around the English-speaking world." - Chris Taylor, Curator French and Italian Collections, National Library of Scotland

"... impressive list of contributors ... a substantial achievement." - Italian Studies

"It is the first - and therefore greatly to be welcomed - attempt to provide a reference work in English similar in scope to the Oxford Companions to French, German, and English literatures, as well as literature in translation." - Italian Studies

"This first Companion to Italian Literature to appear in English is as complete, reliable and useful as any such enterprise could be ... it contains nearly 2,400 articles which cover almost every writer of reputation active over a period of about nine centuries ... All aspects of literature are here, not only creative writers but also historians, philosophers, critics, throughout the ages." - Masolino D'Amico, Times Literary Supplement

"It is a delight to open the volume at random and read the first entry that catches the eye. Indeed, two copies of The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature are needed, one in the study and the other beside the bed." - Rivista (the Journal of the British-Italian Society)

"... indispensable as a work of reference." - Rivista (the Journal of the British-Italian Society)