Giorgio Bàrberi Squarotti (Italian pronunciation:[ˈdʒordʒoˈbarberiskwaˈrɔtti]; 14 September 1929 – 9 April 2017)[1] was an Italian academic, literary critic and poet.[2] He taught at the
University of Turin from 1967 until his death in 2017.[3] He was considered to be one of the most important literary critics of his time.[4]
Biography
Giorgio Bàrberi Squarotti was born in 1929 in
Turin.[5][6] He received his PhD in Italian literature from the
University of Turin[7] in 1952–1953, with a thesis on
Giordano Bruno.[8][9] He taught Italian literature at the same university from 1967 until his death in 2017,[9] and was a prominent literary critic.[10] He was known for his detailed studies on classical Italian authors such as
Dante,
Petrarch,
Machiavelli,
Tasso,
Manzoni,
Verga and
Gozzano, and was also interested in contemporary writers,[6] including
D'Annunzio and
Svevo. He coordinated the Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, published by UTET,[11] where he worked as editor. UTET also published his Storia della civiltà letteraria italiana in six parts (1990–1996).[12]
He has been member of the Contemporary Centre of Arts and of the Empathic Movement (
Empathism) founded by
Menotti Lerro.[13][14]
Publications
Critical work
Astrazione e realtà, Milano: Rusconi e Paolazzi (Quaderni de Il Verri), 1960
Poesia e narrativa del secondo Novecento, Milano: Mursia, 1961, 1967, 1971, 1978
Metodo, stile, storia, Milano: Fabbri, 1962
La poesia italiana contemporanea dal Carducci ai giorni nostri (con Stefano Jacomuzzi), Messina-Firenze: D'Anna, 1963, 1973, 1980
La narrativa italiana del dopoguerra, Bologna: Cappelli, 1965, 1968, 1975
Pagine di teatro, Torino: SEI, 1965
Teoria e prove dello stile del Manzoni, Milano: Silva, 1965
La cultura e la poesia italiana del dopo guerra, Bologna: Cappelli, 1966
La forma tragica del Principe e altri saggi sul Machiavelli, Firenze: Olschki, 1966
Simboli e strutture della poesia del Pascoli, Messina-Firenze: D'Anna, 1966, 1976
Camillo Sbarbaro, Milano: Mursia, 1971
Il gesto improbabile. Tre saggi su Gabriele D'Annunzio, Palermo: Flaccovio, 1971
L'artificio dell'eternità. Studi dantechi, Verona: Fiorini, 1972
Giorgio Bàrberi Squarotti (Italian pronunciation:[ˈdʒordʒoˈbarberiskwaˈrɔtti]; 14 September 1929 – 9 April 2017)[1] was an Italian academic, literary critic and poet.[2] He taught at the
University of Turin from 1967 until his death in 2017.[3] He was considered to be one of the most important literary critics of his time.[4]
Biography
Giorgio Bàrberi Squarotti was born in 1929 in
Turin.[5][6] He received his PhD in Italian literature from the
University of Turin[7] in 1952–1953, with a thesis on
Giordano Bruno.[8][9] He taught Italian literature at the same university from 1967 until his death in 2017,[9] and was a prominent literary critic.[10] He was known for his detailed studies on classical Italian authors such as
Dante,
Petrarch,
Machiavelli,
Tasso,
Manzoni,
Verga and
Gozzano, and was also interested in contemporary writers,[6] including
D'Annunzio and
Svevo. He coordinated the Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, published by UTET,[11] where he worked as editor. UTET also published his Storia della civiltà letteraria italiana in six parts (1990–1996).[12]
He has been member of the Contemporary Centre of Arts and of the Empathic Movement (
Empathism) founded by
Menotti Lerro.[13][14]
Publications
Critical work
Astrazione e realtà, Milano: Rusconi e Paolazzi (Quaderni de Il Verri), 1960
Poesia e narrativa del secondo Novecento, Milano: Mursia, 1961, 1967, 1971, 1978
Metodo, stile, storia, Milano: Fabbri, 1962
La poesia italiana contemporanea dal Carducci ai giorni nostri (con Stefano Jacomuzzi), Messina-Firenze: D'Anna, 1963, 1973, 1980
La narrativa italiana del dopoguerra, Bologna: Cappelli, 1965, 1968, 1975
Pagine di teatro, Torino: SEI, 1965
Teoria e prove dello stile del Manzoni, Milano: Silva, 1965
La cultura e la poesia italiana del dopo guerra, Bologna: Cappelli, 1966
La forma tragica del Principe e altri saggi sul Machiavelli, Firenze: Olschki, 1966
Simboli e strutture della poesia del Pascoli, Messina-Firenze: D'Anna, 1966, 1976
Camillo Sbarbaro, Milano: Mursia, 1971
Il gesto improbabile. Tre saggi su Gabriele D'Annunzio, Palermo: Flaccovio, 1971
L'artificio dell'eternità. Studi dantechi, Verona: Fiorini, 1972