Categoria: Abstracts numero 7

A cura di Katy Hannan

John Florio’s apology of translation

by Enrico Terrinoni John Florio (1553-1625) was a great figure in English literature, and a contemporary of Shakespeare. Son of an Italian Protestant exiled in England, he introduced and diffused the great Italian literature in England. He translated Montaigne’s Essais…

A small-town cosmopolitan

by Mario Marchetti Gian Dàuli (1884-1945) is a name that has almost been forgotten today. However, as a translator and publisher, he was a pioneer in the diffusion of foreign literature in Italy; he made courageous and ground-breaking choices by…

Vita da uomo del giovane Holden

by Martina Gentili There has been a lot of discussion in recent months about the new (and third) translation of The Catcher in the Rye by Matteo Colombo (Einaudi).This article presents an analysis of the first and almost unknown Italian…