Il Baretti
 Cover page of the first issue | |
| Director |
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|---|---|
| Categories | Literary magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder | Piero Gobetti |
| Founded | 1924 |
| First issue | 23 December 1924 |
| Final issue | December 1928 |
| Country | Kingdom of Italy |
| Based in | Turin |
| Language | Italian |
Il Baretti was a monthly literary magazine which was one of the publications launched and edited by Piero Gobetti. The magazine was published in Turin in the period between 1924 and 1928. The title was a reference to Giuseppe Baretti, who was an author in the eighteenth century, an exile and pre-romantic pilgrim.[1][2]
History and profile
Il Baretti was first published in Turin on 23 December 1924.
Il Baretti came out monthly[7] and featured reviews and essays.[2] Its major contributors included Leone Ginzburg, Benedetto Croce, Eugenio Montale and Gaetano Salvemini.[1][5] Massimo Mila started his career as a music critic and historian in the magazine in 1928.[6] Il Baretti also published translations of works by the well-known Surrealists and Dadaists, including James Joyce, Rainer Maria Rilke, Virginia Woolf, André Gide, Paul Valéry, Stéphane Mallarmé, Marcel Proust and Charles Baudelaire.[2] It was one of the publications which contributed to the development of the concept of Europeanism.[8] During its lifetime Il Baretti produced a total of 53 issues and also, special issues on French literature and German theater.[2]
References
- ^ S2CID 237896367.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-231-54232-6.
- ^ a b Maria Clotilde Angelini. "Il Baretti" (in Italian). CIRCE. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ S2CID 144377549.
- ^ ISBN 9780198183327.
- ^ JSTOR 26769846.
- ^ "Lista dei periodici" (in Italian). Fondazione Gramsci Emilia-Romagna. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- doi:10.5334/ah.451.
External links
Media related to Il Baretti at Wikimedia Commons
