Arturo Pompeati

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Arturo Pompeati (born April 18, 1880 in Ferrara , † May 22, 1961 in Venice ) was an Italian Italianist and literary historian.

life and work

Pompeati was first a high school teacher, then from 1939 to 1950 professor of Italian literature at the Istituto universitario di economia, commercio e lingue straniere of Venice (later: University of Venice ). He is best known for his history of Italian literature in five volumes. A street in Rome is named after him.

Works

  • Saggi critici , Milan, Dante Alighieri, 1916.
  • Arrigo Boito . Poeta e musicista , Florence, Battistelli, 1919.
  • Dante , Florence, Battistelli, 1921.
  • (Ed.) Niccolò Machiavelli , Il Principe , Turin, Paravia, 1923.
  • (Ed.) Da Dante a noi. Passi scelti con commento e notizie storico letterarie , 2 vols., Brescia, Vannini, 1925–1926.
  • (Ed. With Francesco Flamini ) Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia , 3 vols., Milan, Vallardi, 1925–1930
  • Vincenzo Monti , Bologna, Zanichelli, 1928.
  • Dante , Venice, La nuova Italia, 1928.
  • Ariosto , Milan, Mondadori, 1933.
  • Vita di Victor Hugo , Milan, Corticelli, 1937.
  • Niccolò Machiavelli 1469-1527 , Turin, Paravia, 1938.
  • (Ed.) Luigi Pirandello , Novelle , Milan, Mondadori, 1940.
  • Storia della letteratura italiana , 5 vols., Turin, UTET, 1944–1948 (several editions).
  • Massimo d'Azeglio , Milan, Garzanti, 1946.
  • (Ed.) Massimo d'Azeglio, I Miei ricordi , Florence, Garzanti, 1946; Turin, UTET, 1965 (most recently 2011).
  • (with Antonio Viscardi ) La letteratura italiana dalle origini ai giorni nostri , Milan, Cisalpini, 1951.
  • (Ed.) Annibal Caro (1507-1566), Versione dell '"Eneide" , Turin, UTET, 1954.

literature

  • Piero Nardi, Arturo Pompeati 1880–1961, in: Atti dell'Istituto Veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti 1960–1961.
  • Ricordo di Arturo Pompeati , Venice 1961.

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personal data
SURNAME Pompeati, Arturo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pompeati Luchini, Arturo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Italianist and literary historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Ferrara
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1961
Place of death Venice