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This paper aims at exploring the figure of Saladin in the Italian literary panorama of the Fourte... more This paper aims at exploring the figure of Saladin in the Italian literary panorama of the Fourteenth Century. It illustrates the main differences between the literary works before and after Dante’s Commedia, which constitutes the watershed in the artistic representation of the Ayyubid sultan. Specifically, the author analyzes Saladin’s description in the Novellino, focusing on the shift that occurs in the Divine Comedy and, consequently, in Boccaccio’s Decameron. In fact, although the Novellino constitutes one of the main sources of Boccaccio’s work, it is also important to consider the indispensable example of Dante for the depiction of Saladin in the novels I 3 and X 9. The main aspect that emerges, especially in the novella X 9, is the exaltation of Saladin’s magnanimity. Compared to the complexity of the character in the Novellino, Boccaccio’s Saladin stands almost exclusively on virtuous qualities; it is above all the Aristotelian “magnanimitas” – which Boccaccio studies in the Nicomachean Ethics and in the related commentary by Thomas Aquinus – that allows Saladin to be inscribed among exemplary men. Dante does the same, not only in Inferno IV (where Saladin is among the “spiriti magni”), but also in Convivio IV. In both works, Dante compares Saladin to the greatest spirits in history.

La Divina Commedia quasi mille anni dopo is a rewriting of the Dantean Commedia, created by the m... more La Divina Commedia quasi mille anni dopo is a rewriting of the Dantean Commedia, created by the members of Feudalesimo&Libertà and enriched by the illustrations made by Don Alemanno. During this new journey through Hell, the new pilgrims meet several protagonists of the contemporary Italian society. This essay analyses the parodic, caricatural, and satirical intention.

La sottoscrizione degli abbonamenti può essere effettuata attraverso il sito Internet dell'editor... more La sottoscrizione degli abbonamenti può essere effettuata attraverso il sito Internet dell'editore www.carocci.it, con pagamento mediante carta di credito. Altrimenti, è possibile fare il versamento della quota di abbonamento a favore di Carocci editore S.p.a., corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 229, 00186 Roma, in una delle seguenti modalità: -a mezzo di bollettino postale sul c.c.n. 77228005 -tramite assegno bancario (anche inter-nazionale) non trasferibile -con bonifico bancario sul conto corrente 000001409096 del Monte dei Paschi di Siena, filiale cod. 8710, via Sicilia 203/a, 00187 Roma; codici bancari: CIN X, ABI 03400, CAB 03201 IBAN IT92C0103003301000001409096 -SWIFT BIC: PASCITM1Z70. Gli abbonamenti decorrono dall'inizio dell'anno, danno diritto a tutti i numeri dell'annata, e se non vengono tempestivamente disdetti si intendono rinnovati per l'anno successivo. Le richieste di abbonamento, numeri arretrati e tutte le questioni relative devono essere comunicate direttamente a Carocci editore.

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Conference Presentations by Giulia M. Cipriani

Facendo che l'u�zio dell'occhio facessero le mani": �e Case of the Blind Man of Gambassi

Terzo Seminario di Studi Petrarcheschi, Laureatus in Urbe, organizzato dall'Università degli Stud... more Terzo Seminario di Studi Petrarcheschi, Laureatus in Urbe, organizzato dall'Università degli Studi Roma Tre, in collaborazione con la Notre Dame University e il Centro Pio Rajna.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or m... more All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review.

This paper aims at exploring the figure of Saladin in the Italian literary panorama of the Fourte... more This paper aims at exploring the figure of Saladin in the Italian literary panorama of the Fourteenth Century. It illustrates the main differences between the literary works before and after Dante’s Commedia, which constitutes the watershed in the artistic representation of the Ayyubid sultan. Specifically, the author analyzes Saladin’s description in the Novellino, focusing on the shift that occurs in the Divine Comedy and, consequently, in Boccaccio’s Decameron. In fact, although the Novellino constitutes one of the main sources of Boccaccio’s work, it is also important to consider the indispensable example of Dante for the depiction of Saladin in the novels I 3 and X 9. The main aspect that emerges, especially in the novella X 9, is the exaltation of Saladin’s magnanimity. Compared to the complexity of the character in the Novellino, Boccaccio’s Saladin stands almost exclusively on virtuous qualities; it is above all the Aristotelian “magnanimitas” – which Boccaccio studies in the Nicomachean Ethics and in the related commentary by Thomas Aquinus – that allows Saladin to be inscribed among exemplary men. Dante does the same, not only in Inferno IV (where Saladin is among the “spiriti magni”), but also in Convivio IV. In both works, Dante compares Saladin to the greatest spirits in history.

La Divina Commedia quasi mille anni dopo is a rewriting of the Dantean Commedia, created by the m... more La Divina Commedia quasi mille anni dopo is a rewriting of the Dantean Commedia, created by the members of Feudalesimo&Libertà and enriched by the illustrations made by Don Alemanno. During this new journey through Hell, the new pilgrims meet several protagonists of the contemporary Italian society. This essay analyses the parodic, caricatural, and satirical intention.

La sottoscrizione degli abbonamenti può essere effettuata attraverso il sito Internet dell'editor... more La sottoscrizione degli abbonamenti può essere effettuata attraverso il sito Internet dell'editore www.carocci.it, con pagamento mediante carta di credito. Altrimenti, è possibile fare il versamento della quota di abbonamento a favore di Carocci editore S.p.a., corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 229, 00186 Roma, in una delle seguenti modalità: -a mezzo di bollettino postale sul c.c.n. 77228005 -tramite assegno bancario (anche inter-nazionale) non trasferibile -con bonifico bancario sul conto corrente 000001409096 del Monte dei Paschi di Siena, filiale cod. 8710, via Sicilia 203/a, 00187 Roma; codici bancari: CIN X, ABI 03400, CAB 03201 IBAN IT92C0103003301000001409096 -SWIFT BIC: PASCITM1Z70. Gli abbonamenti decorrono dall'inizio dell'anno, danno diritto a tutti i numeri dell'annata, e se non vengono tempestivamente disdetti si intendono rinnovati per l'anno successivo. Le richieste di abbonamento, numeri arretrati e tutte le questioni relative devono essere comunicate direttamente a Carocci editore.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or m... more All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review.

Scaffale Aperto 10 (2019)

Facendo che l'u�zio dell'occhio facessero le mani": �e Case of the Blind Man of Gambassi

Terzo Seminario di Studi Petrarcheschi, Laureatus in Urbe, organizzato dall'Università degli Stud... more Terzo Seminario di Studi Petrarcheschi, Laureatus in Urbe, organizzato dall'Università degli Studi Roma Tre, in collaborazione con la Notre Dame University e il Centro Pio Rajna.

On April 26, 2024, I delivered a lecture for the T&S Society at Johns Hopkins University, focusin... more On April 26, 2024, I delivered a lecture for the T&S Society at Johns Hopkins University, focusing on a literary controversy involving Giovanni Andrea Gilio and Domenico Scevolini. The discussion centered on the alleged authorship of ten Petrarchan-style sonnets, attributed to three noblewomen from Fabriano (Leonora della Genga, Ortensia di Guglielmo, and Livia Chiavello). My intention was to illustrate that the sonnets were likely falsified for specific parochial purposes.

La giornata di studio, organizzata da Andrea Severi (Unibo) e Alessio Panichi (John Hopkins Unive... more La giornata di studio, organizzata da Andrea Severi (Unibo) e Alessio Panichi (John Hopkins University, Baltimora), intende far dialogare giovani ricercatori che studiano l'Umanesimo e Rinascimento italiano dalle opposte sponde dell'Atlantico. Moderano gli interventi i professori Loredana Chines, Francesco Sberlati e Gian Mario Anselmi

, "Postacci: the posthuman look of the D'Innocenzo brothers on Roman suburbs" Chiara Juriatti (Le... more , "Postacci: the posthuman look of the D'Innocenzo brothers on Roman suburbs" Chiara Juriatti (Leiden University), "Posthuman Habitat-creating human-nature connectedness through living wereables" Thea Santangelo (Freie Universität Berlin), "Marinetti's Futurist literature between human, post-human and texttransformation" 1.15-2.45pm: Lunch Break 3:00-4:30pm-Gilman 50 Storytelling (chair: Martina Franzini) Qian Liu (University of Michigan), "On the Threshold of Death: Decay and Odd Resistance in Antonio Tabucchi's Tristano muore (2004)" Arianna Mazzola (Università degli Studi del Molise), "Metamorphosis as a literary genre, the metamorphosis of a literary genre"