Giovanni Vittorio Amoretti
Giovanni Vittorio Amoretti (born May 1, 1892 in Imperia ; † November 15, 1988 in Turin ) was an Italian literary historian , literary scholar and Germanist who dealt in particular with the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .
Life
After completing his studies, Amoretti worked as a literary historian and scholar as well as a Germanist and in the 1920s also worked at the Romance Studies Institute at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn .
In his publications, some of which also appeared in German translation , he not only dealt with German-language literature , but also edited commented or translated editions of works by Goethe, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer , Johann Peter Eckermann and August Wilhelm Schlegel . His major publications include:
- Giovanni Boine e la letteratura italiana contemporanea , 1922
- L'eterno ritorno , 1922
- Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature , Introduction to the Work of AW Schlegel, 1923
- Luise Friederike von Zenge: Con lettere dall'Italia, pubblicate per la prima volta ed and ritratto inediato , 1926
- Young Italy , 1926
- Le più belle liriche della letteratura tedesca dall '11th al 20th secolo , 1948
- Faust , translation and introduction to the work of Goethe, 1950
- Il romanticismo inglese , 1953
- Colloqui con il Goethe , 1957 (translation of Eckermann's conversations with Goethe in the last years of his life )
- I minstrel , 1959
- The temptation of Pescara , 1961 (introduction to the work of CF Meyer)
- Le affinità clettive , 1961 (translation of Goethe's The Elective Affinities )
- Storia della letteratura tedesca , 1962
- Hölderlin , 1963 (biography of Friedrich Hölderlin )
- Viaggio in Italia , 1965 (translation of Goethe's Italian Journey )
- Saggi critici , 1968
- Cultura tedesca , 1971
For his work he was awarded the Medal of the President of the Republic of the Premio Nazionale Letterario Pisa .
literature
- Fischer Weltalmanach 1990 , ISBN 3-596-19090-8 , column 1031
Web links
- Literature by and about Giovanni Vittorio Amoretti in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the Romance Dictionary
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SURNAME | Amoretti, Giovanni Vittorio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian literary scholar and Germanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1892 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Imperia |
DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1988 |
Place of death | Turin |