In anticipation of the 700° anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death (September 2021), the journal “Il Risorgimento” intends to dedicate a monographic issue to the political, literary, historic, artistic and symbolic use of the poet during the period of National Unification. The cultural centrality of Dante in the first half of the Nineteenth century, not only in Italy, has been the subject of numerous specific research. “Il Risorgimento” is looking for new and original works, based on unknown or under-utilized sources. This is meant to widen interpretations, putting aside – if possible – those sources which solely position themselves through the lens of the Italian “genius”. The journal is not looking for a vain reproduction of a “canon”. Instead, the focus is on the documented presence of Dante in environments still unexplored in the civil and private life of Italians in the years of the struggle for Independence.

Presentation

In anticipation of the 700° anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death (September 2021), the journal “Il Risorgimento” intends to dedicate a monographic issue to the political, literary, historic, artistic and symbolic use of the poet during the period of National Unification. The cultural centrality of Dante in the first half of the Nineteenth century, not only in Italy, has been the subject of numerous specific research. “Il Risorgimento” is looking for new and original works, based on unknown or under-utilized sources. This is meant to widen interpretations, putting aside – if possible – those sources which solely position themselves through the lens of the Italian “genius”. The journal is not looking for a vain reproduction of a “canon”. Instead, the focus is on the documented presence of Dante in environments still unexplored in the civil and private life of Italians in the years of the struggle for Independence.

Submission Guidelines

The proposals (1000 words max) accompanied by a brief CV should be sent by e-mail

by September 15, 2020

to the editorial secretary (ilrisorgimento.segreteria@gmail.com).

The selected essays must be submitted in their final form by January 10, 2021. All manuscripts will be previously approved by the editorial board and then refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. The special issue will be published by the end of 2021.“Il Risorgimento” publishes contributions in Italian, English, French.

For more information: https://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Sommario.aspx?IDRivista=186

Editorial Board

• Roberto Balzani, University of Bologna
• Maria Luisa Betri, University of Milan
• Antonino De Francesco, University of Milan
• Umberto Levra, University of Turin
• Giacomo Girardi, University of Lugano