Michele Prisco between roots and memory

Carlo Vecce  is Professor of Italian Literature in the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, he taught also in the University of Pavia (School of Paleography and Musical Philology, Cremona), the D'Annunzio University of Chieti - Pescara and the University of Macerata. Abroad he was visiting professor at Paris 3 (Sorbonne Nouvelle) (2001) and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) (2009). His researches focused on Renaissance Literature and Civilization in Italy and Europe, mainly in the history of intellectual workshops in the dawn of Modern Age, and in relationships among languages (from literature to visual culture and cinema). Among his publications, Iacopo Sannazaro in Francia: scoperte di codici all'inizio del XVI secolo (Padova 1988), Leonardo (Roma, 2006), Piccola storia della letteratura italiana (Napoli, 2009), La biblioteca perduta. Il libri di Leonardo (2017).

Laura Cannavacciuolo is a Lecturer of Contemporary Italian Literature at the Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies of the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. His critical studies on Camillo Boito, Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo, Luciano Bianciardi have appeared in specialized magazines and in collective books. She is the author of the monographs La fabbrica del grottesco (Naples 2012), Salvatore di Giacomo. La letteratura e le arti (Pisa, 2015), Napoli boom. Il romanzo della città (Naples, 2019), «Lavorare nella contemporaneità». Giuseppe Pontiggia lettore (Naples, 2020).