Leopardi e la letteratura italiana dal Duecento al Seicento

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the fourth Convegno internazionale di studi leopardiani, held in Recanati in 1976. These international conferences are foundational events in the study of Giacomo Leopardi, bringing together the world's leading philologists and literary critics to analyze the life and work of Italy's greatest modern poet. Published by the prestigious Leo S. Olschki editore in 1978, the work represents the scholarly rigor typical of the house, which has long been a pillar of Italian academic publishing.

The collection focuses on situating Leopardi within the broader trajectory of Italian literature from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. By examining his critical assessments of Dante, Petrarch, and the Cinquecento masters, the contributors sought to define how Leopardi engaged with, critiqued, and transformed the canon he inherited. The resulting papers are regarded as essential reading for researchers exploring the intersection of Leopardi’s pessimistic philosophy and his deep, technical grounding in the Italian poetic tradition.