About the Journal

The journal was founded in Lecce in 2001 on the initiative of a group of students of Domenico De Robertis and the publisher Pensa Multimedia. For some years, it benefited from a contribution from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities granted to periodical publications of high cultural value. In 2004, Pensa Multimedia launched the «Quaderni Per leggere» series. «Per leggere»’s 17 and 29 issues hosted the proceedings of the 2006 conference Per leggere i classici. Saggi di commento ai classici italiani, antichi e moderni (Geneva, Switzerland), edited by Giovanni Bardazzi, Roberto Leporatti and Emilio Manzotti. On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, a public seminar was held at the European University of Rome and the indexes of the first twenty issues were published (Dieci anni di Per leggere. I generi della lettura, Atti della giornata di studio all'Università Europea di Roma. Indici della prima serie (nn. 1-20), edited by Isabella Becherucci, Lecce, Pensa Multimedia, 2011). In 2017, Francesca Latini and Simone Giusti edited an anthology of commentaries and readings previously appeared on «Per leggere» and regarding twentieth-century Italian texts: Per leggere i classici del Novecento (Loescher). From 2022 on, «Per leggere» is published in open access digital format, and in print for subscribers only.
«Per leggere» is dedicated to the practices of reading and interpreting works of Italian literature, without chronological or methodological limits. The journal is aimed at people involved in research and teaching in university and school settings and publishes readings (lectiones), commentaries and critical editions of works from the Italian literary tradition. A specific section entitled «Dialoghi» is reserved to intertextuality and texts comparison, while the section «Intorno al testo» hosts discussions and reflections on the main problems of commentary, edition and translation of works, advancing working hypotheses and solutions, suggesting readings and research paths. The «Cronache» section, dedicated to editions and commentaries on one hand and to school and university publishing on the other, offer a practical working tool for readers, critics and teachers. The aim of the journal is to disseminate reading practices and strategies that draw on and renew the tradition of philological and critical studies.
«Per leggere» is ranked by the ANVUR as a Class A scientific journal for all sectors of Area 10 and is listed and indexed on Italinemo.