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Alessandra Mirra
 I received my laurea in Italian Literature from the University of Rome La Sapienza in 2004 (dissertation: Representaton of Death in Leopardi’s Canti) and a Dottorato in Italian literature from the University of Macerata in 2008 (dissertation: Leopardi’s theory on tragic).
Although I have also published scholarly works on other authors, Leopardi has been the main focus of my research. As a graduate student at Penn, I am keeping on my research on Leopardi (in particular I am investigating his political thought). Nevertheless, my PhD dissertation will focus on “Le novelle galanti” by G. B. Casti.
Publications:
Manuscript. Leopardi teorico del teatro tragico. Forthcoming for the Eum, University of Macerata Press, Italy.
La giovinezza, l'innocenza e la morte: su una canzone rifiutata di Giacomo Leopardi , in «Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia», University of Macerata, vol. XXXIX, 2006, Eum, Macerata 2009, pp. 225-252.
D’Annunzio giornalista e romanziere - Dalla «Tribuna» al Piacere: un esempio di rielaborazione testuale , in Scrittori e giornalismo. Sondaggi sul Novecento letterario italiano, edited by M. Dondero, Eum, Macerata 2007, pp. 9-27. (Updated and extended edition: Eum, Macerata 2009).
Pascoli, D’Annunzio, Gozzano – Antologia con analisi dei testi – Alphatest, Milano 2005.
Il Piacere – analisi guidata al romanzo – Alphatest, Milano 2004.
Giuseppe Manitta. Giacomo Leopardi. Percorsi critici e bibliografici (1998- 2003). Castiglione di Sicilia: Il Convivio, 2009. Pp. 322. (Book Review in Quaderni d’Italinistica , vol . XXXII, No. 1, 2011)
Mirra and G. Policastro, (2004) La dimensione teatrale di Giacomo Leopardi. «Ariel» (quadrimestrale di drammaturgia dell’Istituto di Studi Pirandelliani e sul Teatro Italiano Contemporaneo), Anno XVIII, 1, 2004, pp. 27-30.
Constant contribution as Book-reviewer to the Early 1800 section of the bi-annual journal «La Rassegna della letteratura Italiana» (25 reviews so far, published between 2001 and 2012).
Fellowships and Awards:
“Excellence in Teaching Award”, granted for outstanding performance and last contribution as a Teaching Assistant (Department of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2012).
“Salvatori Award” granted for a research project on “Leopardi and politics” (Center for Italian Studies - May 2010).
“P.R.I.N.” Grant for a project on “Italian language and culture during the colonial years”. (Italian Ministry for Research - University of Macerata, Department of Linguistics and Literature, July-Dec. 2008.
Laurea dissertation was awarded the first prize at “10 th Giacomo Leopardi competition” as best graduation thesis. (Recanati, Centro Nazionale Studi Leopardiani, June 2005).
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