My research focuses on the Italian poet and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) and aims to read his philosophy as a form of existntialism and thus to include his name amongst the existentialists.

Journal articles:

'Infinite or Indefinite? Leopardi’s Infinite through the Lens of Fyodor Dostoevsky' in Italian Studies (2024): https://doi.org/10.1080/00751634.2024.2383545.
'La traduzione latina dell’Inno ai patriarchi ad opera di Girolamo Picchioni: uno studio stilistico' in Rivista Internazionale di Studi Leopardiani (RISL) (2023): https://doi.org/10.7413/1129-9401027.
'Leopardi primo nichilista d'Europa: le letture di Emanuele Severino e Luigi Capitano' in Il Contributo (2023).
Chapters in edited books:

'La figura di Prometeo nelle riscritture di Leopardi e Pavese' in Contaminazioni leopardiane, ed. by O. A. Calzolari, A. Aloisi, and E. Tandello (Mimesis: Milan-Udine, 2024).

Experience

  • –present
    DPhil Candidate in Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford

Education

  • 2022 
    University of Oxford , MSt in Medieval and Modern Languages (Italian)

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