Introduction by:

Luigi Reina

and

Mario B. Mignone

 

Presentation by Giorgio Palmieri

Presentation of the Web Edition

Content:

Scholarship:

List by Authors

 

Creative works:

List by Authors

 

Translations

List by Translators

Index of Names Cited by Titles

Content by Year

Index of Critical Works by Authors

by Mario B. Mignone

This index gives the full and long iter of Forum. From its first home at the University of Florida, at Tallahasse, it passed on to the State University of New York at Buffalo, then to the University of Texas at Austin, to the University of Ohio before settling at its present home, the State University of New York at Stony Brook.(It is the third index.The first, published in 1981, included the indices from the first issue of 1967 to the volume published in 1979; the second, published in 1990, included the indexes from 1980 to 1988).

This index includes the full thirty years of publications of Forum Italicum (1967 to 1997).It reflects not only the great variety of topics and critical approaches, but also gives a clear indication of the breadth of scholarly geographic participation. It is clearly a journal of Italian Studies for and of international scholars.The list of subscribers, well distributed throughout the world, attests to its international scholarly appeal.

The journal has adhered to its original principles: to offer a forum for scholarly exchanges regardless of critical approaches or ideological views; through all these years , no essay has ever been excluded because of critical approaches or because it did not reflect the latest critical fads: Indeed, in the last decade, each issue has become more voluminous to enlarge and enrich the forum of intellectual exchange and accommodate more voices.The "Essay" section is the most consistent and the most representative of the Italian literary experience.

In addition to the essay of literary criticism, the journal includes a "Poetry" section that is not less important or relevant. It has included poetry by the most prominent Italian poets (G. Ungaretti, M. Luzi, L.Erba, P. Bigongiari, M. Guidacci, M. L. Spaziani, E. Montale , G. Caproni, C. Sbarbaro, G. Giudici, S. Solmi, D. Valeri, A. Zanzotto, S. Ramat) and the young emerging poets.The "Prose" section, likewise, has published writing by the most well-established writers (E. Vittorini, G. Gramigna, M. Prisco, G. Spagnoletti, C. Bernari, D. Troisi, A. Pizzuto, I. Calvino, G. Bonaviri, N. Palumbo) and those of the most promising young rising writers. These two important sections offer an impressive mirror of the evolution of the Italian creative literary production in the last thirty years.

The "Translation" section ( usually bilingual) brings Italian poetry of famous and less famous poets to the attention of a wider Anglophone public, whose reading and understanding command of the Italian language might not allow full enjoyment.

It includes works by many well established translators. Among the most assiduous collaborators emerge (T. G. Bergin, R. Feldman, I. L. Salomon, G. Singh, B. Swann, J. Tusiani, J. Vitiello, L. Bonffini, M. Pastore Passaro).

The "Book Review", the last section of every issue includes the assessment of a wide variety of books, and it reflects an attempt on part of the editor to give to the readers a clear sense of the kind of scholarship that is taking place in the mondo dell’italianistica.

The editorial board of Forum Italicum is grateful to Sebastiano Martelli, from the University of Salerno, for suggesting and undertaking to project and bringing it to fruition. Special thanks are also in order for Luigi Reina, Chair of Dipartimento di Italianistica dell’Università di Salerno, for his enthusiastic support and for underwriting the whole initiative. Much appreciation goes to Giorgio Palmieri, director of Biblioteca Centrale dell’Università del Molise, for having given shape to and having carried out the whole plan. Their work is not just a service for Forum Italicum; it is a very substantial and noteworthy contribution to Italian Studies.