Sandro Sticca, professor of French and comparative literature, has authored a new book: Lorenzo Filomusi-Guelfi interprete di Dante, published by the Centro Internazionale di Studi e Ricerche 鈥淚l Melograno鈥, Rome, 2012. The volume examines the critical production on Dante of Filomusi-Guelfi (1856-1923), in particular his exegetical work on the Divine Comedy represented by four volumes: Studii su Dante (1908), Nuovi studii su Dante (1911), Nuovissimi studii su Dante (1912) and Paralipomeni danteschi (1914). After framing in the first chapter the importance of Filomusi-Guelfi鈥檚 Dante studies, Sticca dedicates the second chapter to a critical-historical analysis of 鈥淒ante in English Literature and Art (1380-1882); subsequent chapters deal with Filomusi鈥檚 unpublished essay 鈥淭he Moral Structure of the Paradiso鈥, celebrations in honor of Dante in the years 1865, 1965, 1983, 1987 and 2011, and a concluding essay on the traditional argument concerning the rivalry between Dante and Petrarch in terms of whether the pre-eminence ought to be assigned to Dante鈥檚 vulgari eloquio or to Petrarch鈥檚 latinitas. The volume is provided with a rich iconographical repertoire of miniatures and paintings on Dante and the Divine Comedy.
Sandro Sticca
February 6, 2013