Alessandro D'Ancona
Alessandro D'Ancona (born February 20, 1835 in Pisa , † November 9, 1914 in Florence ) was an Italian literary historian.
Alessandro D'Ancona first lived in Florence and published an extensive biography of Tommaso Campanella at the age of 18 . The following year he published an edition of the Italian writings of the philosopher (1854, 2 volumes). 1855-58 he studied law in Turin without attaining a degree. On his return to Florence, he headed the editorial staff of the newspaper La Nazione . From 1860 he was a professor of Italian literature in Pisa . After his retirement he taught Esegesi dantesca , the exegesis of Dante's writings, as part of a teaching post from 1900 to 1907 .
D'Ancona has since developed an extremely fruitful and successful literary activity. He reissued numerous old and rare Italian writings, worried u. a. an annotated edition of Dante's Vita nuova . In 1885 he became a corresponding member of the Accademia dei Lincei , and in 1891 socio nazionale (full member). From 1898 he was also a member of the Accademia della Crusca in Florence . In 1904 he was appointed senator of the kingdom and from 1906 to 1907 he was mayor of Pisa.
Works
- I precursori di Dante (1874),
- Le antiche rime volgari secondo la lezione del Cod.Vaticano (1875),
- Sacre rappresentazioni dei secoli XIV, XV e XVI, raccolte ed illustrate (1872, 3 vols.),
- Origini del teatro in Italia (1877),
- La poesia popolare italiana (1878),
- Studii di critica e di storia (1880),
- Studii sulla letteratura italiana dei primi secoli (1884).
literature
- Lucia Strappini: D'ANCONA, Alessandro. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 32: Dall'Anconata – Da Ronco. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1986.
Web links
- Entry in the Senatori dell'Italia liberale database of the Historical Archives of the Italian Senate
- D'Ancona publications in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
Individual evidence
- ↑ John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , col. 41 (the Senate database lists November 8th as the date of death).
- ^ Membership list of the Crusca
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | D'Ancona, Alessandro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ancona, Alessandro d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian literary scholar and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pisa |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1914 |
| Place of death | Florence |