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Dr Rossella Riccobono, Lecturer

Dr Rossella M RiccobonoContact Details

rmr8@st-andrews.ac.uk
Phone: 01334 463669
Office: Buchanan 212

Full research profile

Research and Teaching

My teaching and research are strongly connected and they feed off each other. My expertise areas span from Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry and Narrative, to Italian Cinema and Literary Transvestism. More recently I have started researching also in Postcolonial Theories with a more European Comparative perspective. I teach mainly at Honours and PG level and I direct the new MLitt in Italian Studies. I also coordinate a core module on Identity Studies for the CIS Mlitt and Mundus Master students, focussing mainly on Postcolonial theories and cinematic texts.

I research in all the areas that I teach, but my specialist area is that of Italian Poetry. The two poets I have devoted my attention to are Eugenio Montale and Cesare Pavese on which I have published extensively. I am currently working on two Monographs: one devoted to the poetry of Cesare Pavese, and one on the relationship of Eugenio Montale's poetry to Postmodernity. The long-term project I have ideated and intend to construct and disseminate globally is Mosaici: St Andrews Journal of Italian Poetry, a Journal and Resources Centre entirely dedicated to Italian Poetry (http://www.mosaici.org.uk).

PhD Supervision

Federico Bindi, Carmela Pierini, Mario Prisco

Publications

A 'Window' on the Female Modernist Subjectivity: from Neera to Natalia Ginzburg
Riccobono, R. M. (ed.) 2012 Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing .
Research output : Book/Report › Book

Parole, immagini, racconti: Cinque saggi su Cesare Pavese poeta in commemorazione del suo centenario.
Riccobono, R. M. (ed.) Jun-2011 www.mosaici.org.uk: Mosaici (www.mosaici.org.uk) .
Research output : Book/Report › Book

Poesia e Conflitto
Riccobono, R. M. (ed.) & Talbot, G. (ed.) Apr-2011 Edinburgh: Mosaici. Learned Online Journal of Italian Poetry . (Mosaici; 1 (2011)).
Research output : Book/Report › Scholarly edition

The Poetics of the Margins: Mapping Europe from the Interstices
Riccobono, R. M. (ed.) 2010 Oxford: Peter Lang . 211 p. (Cultural Identity Studies).
Research output : Book/Report › Book

States of Mind and Love
Riccobono, R. M. 2008 Edizioni Joker . 76 p.
Research output : Book/Report › Book

Vested Voices II. Creating with Transvestism: from Bertolucci to Boccaccio
Riccobono, R. M. (ed.) & Pedriali, F. G. (ed.) Jun-2007 Ravenna: Longo Editore . 165 p.
Research output : Book/Report › Book

Vested Voices. Literary Transvestism in Italian Literature
Passannanti, E. (ed.) & Riccobono, R. M. (ed.) 2006 Troubador (incl. Transference) . 159 p.
Research output : Book/Report › Book

'Onde di questo mare'. Reconsidering Pavese
Riccobono, R. M. (ed.) & Thompson, D. (ed.) 2003 Troubador . 140 p.
Research output : Book/Report › Book

 

Eugenio Montale's echoic poetic voice(s)
Riccobono, R. M. Dec-2011 In: Spunti e Ricerche. Pagliaro, A. (ed.). Melbourne: Spunti e Ricerche , Vol. 26 , p. 139-54. 15 p.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Pier Vittorio Tondelli between Europe and Emilia: Centre and Margins in Camere separate
Riccobono, R. M. 2010 In: The Poetics of the Margins : Mapping Europe from the Interstices. Riccobono, R. M. (ed.). Oxford: Peter Lang , p. 55-71. (Cultural Identity Studies).
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Vestirsi, Svestirsi, Travestirsi: arte e gioco della voce pavesiana
Riccobono, R. M. 2007 In: Vested voices II : creating with transvestism : from Bertolucci to Boccaccio. Pedriali, F. G. & Riccobono, R. M. (eds.). Ravenna: Longo Editore , p. 67-76.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Il grumo che resta sui polpastrelli: Resisting angels in the poetry of Eugenio Montale
Riccobono, R. M. 2004 In: Essays in Modern Italian and French Literature, in recollection of Tom O'Neill. Hurst, A. & Pagliaro, T. (eds.). Melbourne: Spunti e Ricerche , p. 105-116.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

'Cesare Pavese e il conflitto tra fuga e ritorno alla Madre-Terra: Il carcere e Paesi tuoi'
Riccobono, R. M. 2003 In: 'Onde di questo mare' Reconsidering Pavese. Riccobono, R. & Thompson, D. (eds.). Harborough Market: Troubador (incl. Italian Studies) , p. 105-120.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

' "Il sogno del prigioniero". Heteroglossia as a Sign of Disaggregation'
Riccobono, R. M. 2000 In: Montale Readings. O Ceallachain, E. & Pedriali, F. (eds.). UNiversity of Glasgow Press , p. 77-102.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

'Further Reflections on the Theme of Death in the Poetry of Eugenio Montale. "A mia madre", "Voce giunta con le folaghe" and "I morti" '
Riccobono, R. M. 1998 In: Montale. Words in time.. Troubador , p. 125-138.
Research output : Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

 

Fantasising the self, fantasising the other: memory and re-visions in Mario Martone's L'amore molesto
Riccobono, R. M. Sep-2010 In : Italica . 87 , 3 , p. 441-461.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article

The Question of Liminality and the Dissolution of Spatio-temporal Dimensions in Montale's Poetry: 'Sul limite,' 'Vasca,' and 'Carnevale di Gerti'
Riccobono, R. M. 1997 In : The Italianist . 17 , p. 74-98.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article

Deixis and the Dynamics of the Relationship between Text and Reader in the Poetry of Eugenio Montale
Riccobono, R. M. 1996 In : Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics . 7 , p. 100-111.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article

'Lettura in limine di "La canna che dispiuma" e di "Fuscello teso dal muro" di Eugenio Montale'
Riccobono, R. M. 1994 In : The Italianist . 14 , p. 111-132.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Article

 

Poetry in Conflict
Riccobono, R. M. (ed.) & Talbot, G. (ed.) 29-Apr-2012 In : Mosaici. Learned Online Journal of Italian Poetry . 2 (2012)
Research output : Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

Montale e la parola riflessa By Christine Ott (2006)
Riccobono, R. M. Sep-2008 In : Italian Studies . 63 , 2 , p. 329-331. 3 p.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

Corpi nudi e pellicce: la ricerca poetica di Pavese nella trilogia La bella estate. By Yvonne Hauser-Rüegger (Florence: Franco Cesati, 2004. 269 pp.)
Riccobono, R. M. 2008 In : Variations . 16 , p. 273-274.
Research output : Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review