Reveiw of Spanish translation of Primo Levi, “Ad ora incerta”

The aim of this article is that of clarifying those issues of the analysis of the conditional structures in Italian which are more difficult to pin down. Once their «double nature»
(temporal and modal) is established, attention is switched to the most conflicting aspects shown by the conditional structures («mixed» hypothetical periods, rep…[Read more]

Review of Spanish translation of Canti Orfici by Dino Campana

In this interview, granted by Helga Schneider in November 2002, the ideas that predominante in all her novels are present, from the impossibility of forgiveness to the refusal of
hatred. Schneider shows the horrors of Nazism from within and interprets Evil from the viewpoint of its trivial daily expressions, illuminating the shady areas hidden by…[Read more]

The rediscovery of the manuscript containing a translation by Maragall of Vita Nuova XIX sheds new light on Maragall’s Danteism and helps in clarifying certain obscure points in a
version published by the journal Lletra, which never formed part of the Obres Completes. The current study places Maragall’s version within the environment of the Cat…[Read more]

Review of the Catalan translation of “L’umorismo”

In the letter Maragall sends to Salvador Albert, this question may seem like an attempt to escape thesubject or, at least, to divert the conversation, which focused on the value of the friend’s book, towards an a bit more generic praise of the critique. And maybe it is.

Primo Levi, ‘La treva’

Review of Primo Levi, ‘Si això és un home’

Review of Isabel Turull, ‘Diccionari de paranys de traducció italià-català’

Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameró, translated into Catalan by Maria Aurèlia Capmany

Aquest estudi se centra, d’una banda, en les relacions de Palau i Fabre amb la literatura, l’art i la cultura italianes; i, de l’altra, en la recepció (molt limitada) de la seva obra.