RISL, Rivista Internazionale di Studi Leopardiani, is one of the few scientific periodicals dedicated specifically to Giacomo Leopardi. Founded in 1999 by Emilio Speciale and edited by him until his untimely death in May 2017, RISL now continues its publications under the new editorship of Tatiana Crivelli and Patrizia Landi, thanks first to the collaboration with the publisher Cesati of Florence and now with the publishing house Mimesis of Milan. The journal intends to respect the editorial line inaugurated by its founder and will therefore continue to welcome and propose ‘with the utmost ideological openness, critical essays chosen exclusively on the basis of their scientific nature, seeking to act as a forum for problematic, informative and lively discussion’ on one of the greatest Italian poets and thinkers, not only of the 19th century. To keep faith with these intentions, we consider it necessary to design alternating thematic issues and free issues.
The journal is also available on the website of the University of Zurich.

The journal is included in the list of scientific journals for Area 10 of the National Agency for the Evaluation of the University System and Research (ANVUR) for the purposes of National Scientific Qualification, and has been awarded Class A status for the following areas of Area 10: 10/F1 (Italian Literature); 10/F2 (Contemporary Italian Literature); 10/F4 (Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature).

 

ISSN 1129-9401