104 research outputs found
Edizione e commento delle lettere di G. B. Casti
No full textThe thesis consists of a philological edition of the 291 letters written by Giovan Battista Casti (1724-1803), each of them accompanied by an adequate commentary, thus overcoming the previous edition of 1984. The introduction presents the work, pointing out the recent additions to the biography and the works of the poet
Towards a theory of interpretation: cartographical semiosis
No full textOver the last 10 years a new theory in the interpretation of cartography has takes shape. In her overview of the various interpretative approaches that have variously contributed to the present critical approach, the author identifies semiotics as one of the trails principally worth pursuing. A semiotic approach, namely a theory of cartographic interpretation, effectively shifts the emphasis from maps intended as mediation of territory to maps takes as agents, whereby actions to be carried out on territory are determined. This perspective may be defined as cartographic hermeneutics, since it undermines the very semiotic notion of map analysis: the study of maps relies not on autonomous semiosis but on a second level (or meta-semiotic) semiosis that is deeply rooted in and strictly related to first-level, territorial semiosis. In particular, the author focuses on two concepts: self-reference and iconization. The former, which constitutes the core of cartographic communication, is used to indicate the map’s ability to be accepted as such (by its mere existence) and to communicate independently of the intentions of the cartographer. The latter is the communicative process that results in circumstances and contingencies being communicated as truths (thanks to the self-referential nature of the map). Hence, as a model, the map does not represent territory but replaces it. Iconization means that direct knowledge of the world is sidelined, with the greater relevance being given to the knowledge generated by the map itself
Cartographic Semiosis: Reality as Representation
No full textOver the last ten years, a new theory in the interpretation of cartography
has taken shape. In her overview of the various interpretative approaches
that have contributed to the present critical approach, the author notably
identifies semiotics. A semiotic approach, and the theory of cartographic
semiosis in particular, effectively shifts the emphasis from maps as a
mediation of territory to maps as agents, whereupon the actions to be
carried out in territory are determined. This perspective may be defined as cartographic hermeneutics, given that it undermines the very semiotic notion of map analysis
notion of map analysis
Il ruolo delle scienze geografiche nella costruzione di una cultura e di una coscienza imperialiste (1896-1914), in Arcangelo Ghisleri e il suo “clandestino amore”, a cura di E. Casti, Roma, Società Geografica Italiana, 2001, pp. 53-186.
No full textIl “cuore di tenebra” degli italiani al servizio dello Stato indipendente del Congo, in Culture dell’alterità. Il territorio africano e le sue rappresentazioni, a cura di E. Casti e A. Turco, Edizioni Unicopli, Milano, 1998, pp. 155-184.
No full textGiovan Battista Casti, "Il poema tartaro". Edizione critica e commento.
No full textMy thesis is a critical edition of the Poema tartaro by the libertine abbot Giovan Battista Casti (1724-1803). This work is a long octave poem, which satirizes, in accordance with the rules of the mock-heroic genre, Catherine II’s Russian court, where the author lived for years (1776-1779) as a member of the Hapsburg diplomacy. Although Casti was the Austrian court’s official poet, his work never received the authorization to be printed: the emperor Joseph II, after his 1781 alliance with Russia, forbade in fact the publication of a poem whose theme was explicitly against his new ally. Still, Casti’s text circulated widely in form of both manuscript copies and unauthorised (as well as defective) printed ones. A thorough analysis of these materials led to main findings: the version of the poem that Casti realized for the emperor in 1786, including 84 new stanzas, missing in the nineteenth-century pirate printed editions of the poem.
Along with the critical edition of the text, my thesis provides a broad commentary on the poem. The commentary is essential in order to illustrate the different perspectives from which the text can be approached. Sure enough, one of the components peculiar to the Poema Tartaro is the continuous overlap of elements that draw on different historical moments: even if the main scenery of the plot is the thirteenth-century Mongolian Empire, ruled by Genghis Khan, there are in fact several references to the nineteenth-century Russia of Catherine II. This strategy aims to present Russia allegorically as a country of perennial savagery. Depicting Petersburg as if it were the lost city of Karakorum and the czarina Catherine as a despotic and “oriental” sovereign, Casti contrasts the French Illuminists’ vision (in particular Voltaire’s) of nineteenth-century Russia as a model for the European Enlightenment. The thesis is completed by an index of the different historical transvestisms used by Casti to assign to every character in Catherine’s court a counterpart in the Mongolian scenery. Furthermore, the index is conceived as a tool to analyse the correlated controversies that inform the whole poem
Gli Animali Parlanti di Giovan Battista Casti. Tra satira e zooepica
No full textGli animali parlanti is a zooepic poem by Giovan Battista Casti in which the author alludes to the political situation in revolutionary France. Rather than attacking individual characters, the author often criticizes the grounds on which political and ecclesiastical systems were built. By
narrating a war between animals, the author recalls the type-scenes of classical epics and satirically parodies them. Although the author hoped to avoid censorship using animal characters, Gli animali parlanti was put in the Index of Prohibited Books. Despite the censorship and the negative reviews of some important literary personalities of Casti's time, the work had a huge success. The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between political satire and animalistic characters, trying to highlight the satirical attacks that were most condemned by the authorities
Does the continuation of low-dose acetylsalicylic acid during the perioperative period of thyroidectomy increase the risk of cervical haematoma? A 1-year experience of two Italian centers
No full textBackground: A growing number of patients taking antiplatelet drugs, mainly low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) (75–150 mg/day), for primary or secondary prevention of thrombotic events, are encountered in every field of surgery. While the bleeding risk due to the continuation of these medications during the perioperative period has been adequately investigated in several surgical specialties, in thyroid surgery it still needs to be clarified. The main aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of cervical haematoma in patients receiving low-dose acetylsalicylic acid, specifically ASA 100 mg/day, during the perioperative period of thyroidectomy.
Methods: Patients undergoing thyroidectomy in two high-volume thyroid surgery centers in Italy, between January 2021 and December 2021, were retrospectively analysed. Enrolled patients were divided into two groups: those not taking ASA were included in Group A, while those receiving this drug in Group B. Univariate analysis was performed to compare these two groups. Moreover, multivariate analysis was employed to evaluate the use of low-dose ASA as independent risk factor for cervical haematoma.
Results: A total of 412 patients underwent thyroidectomy during the study period. Among them, 29 (7.04%) were taking ASA. Based on the inclusion criteria, 351 patients were enrolled: 322 were included in Group A and 29 in Group B. In Group A, there were 4 (1.24%) cervical haematomas not requiring surgical revision of haemostasis and 4 (1.24%) cervical haematomas requiring surgical revision of haemostasis. In Group B, there was 1 (3.45%) cervical haematoma requiring surgical revision of haemostasis. At univariate analysis, no statistically significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of occurrence of cervical haematoma, nor of the other early complications of thyroidectomy. At multivariate analysis, the use of low-dose ASA did not prove to be an independent risk factor for cervical haematoma.
Conclusions: Based on our findings, we believe that in patients receiving this drug, either for primary or secondary prevention of thrombotic events, its discontinuation during the perioperative period of thyroidectomy is not necessary
A trustworthy mechanochemical route to isocyanides
No full textIsocyanides are hardly produced, dramatically sensitive to purification processes, and complex to handle as synthetic tools. Notwithstanding, they represent one of the most refined and valuable compounds for accessing sophisticated and elegant synthetic routes. A unique interest has always been addressed to their production, though their synthetic pathways usually involve employing strong conditions and toxic reagents. The current paper intends to provide a conceptually innovative synthetic protocol for mechanochemical isocyanide preparation, simultaneously lowering the related reagents' toxicity and improving their purification in a straightforward procedure
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