Il giovinetto filologo

Abstract

«Il giovinetto filologo»This paper examines Venerio Orlandi’s Il giovinetto filologo, a successfulintroduction to Italian idioms and classical culture for 12-13years-old schoolboys: it was first published in 1879, then revised andincreased up to 19016 and republished up to 192111. The analysis concernsits editorial stages, narrative form and language.