Strumenti Critici
Societa Editrice Il Mulino · Italy · Est. 1966
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Aims & Scope
Strumenti critici is one of the journals that has played a key role in redefining the scene of Italian literary criticism, in terms of both methodological thinking and critical research. By maintaining its «militant» nature through greater openness, Strumenti critici keeps its proponent capacity intact, especially in the field of literary theory and textual criticism. It includes scholarly articles and authoritative studies relevant to contemporary and comparative literature, while at the same time combining philological and textual rigour with wide-ranging critical perspectives.  Editors in chief Piero Boitani (Sapienza Università di Roma), Clelia Martignoni (Università di Pavia), Enrico Testa (Università di Genova), Francesco Venturi (Università dell'Aquila) Scientific board Albert Russell Ascoli (UC Berkeley), Teodolinda Barolini (Columbia University), Silvana Borutti (Università di Pavia), Patrick Boyde (University of Cambridge), Stefano Carrai (Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa), Claude Cazalé Bérard (Université Paris Nanterre), Franco Ferrari (Università di Pavia), Simon Gilson (University of Oxford), Stephen Greenblatt (Harvard University), Klaus W. Hempfer (Freie Universität Berlin), Karin Kukkonen (Universitetet i Oslo), Philippe Ménard (Sorbonne Université Paris), Maria Luisa Meneghetti (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei), Thomas Pavel (University of Chicago), José MarÃa Pozuelo Yvancos (Universidad de Murcia), Elisa Romano (Università di Pavia), Gordon Teskey (Harvard University), Kazuaki Ura (University of Tokyo) Editorial board Emmanuela Carbé (Università Caâ Foscari Venezia), Andrea Cortellessa (Università Roma Tre), Davide Colussi (Università di Milano-Bicocca), Emilia Di Rocco (Sapienza Università di Roma), Federico Francucci (Università di Pavia), Matteo Giancotti (Università di Padova), Donata Meneghelli (Università di Bologna), Uberto Motta (Université de Fribourg), Federico Saviotti (Università di Pavia), Antonio Sichera (Università di Catania), Luca Stefanelli (Università di Pavia), Eleonora Stoppino (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Elisabetta Tonello (Università di Salerno) Editorial assistant Federico Saviotti Editorial office Elena Arnone (Siena), Chiara Lungo (Pavia), Luca Mazzocchi (Bologna), Lorenzo Panizzi Giachery (Roma), Sara Sorrentino (Genova).
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Frequently asked questions about Strumenti Critici
Is Strumenti Critici a predatory journal?
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What is the impact factor of Strumenti Critici?
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Is Strumenti Critici indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Strumenti Critici is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.
What is the aims and scope of Strumenti Critici?
Strumenti critici is one of the journals that has played a key role in redefining the scene of Italian literary criticism, in terms of both methodological thinking and critical research. By maintaining its «militant» nature through greater openness, Strumenti critici keeps its proponent capacity intact, especially in the field of literary theory and textual criticism. It includes scholarly articles and authoritative studies relevant to contemporary and comparative literature, while at the same time combining philological and textual rigour with wide-ranging critical perspectives.  Edit
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