If philologists have no faith in philology
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Abstract
When information external to the text (testimonials, authoritative opinions) remains in contrast with internal data (language, style), what should we give more credit to? This note answers to a theoretical question about the method and validity of philological analysis. It takes its cue from a paper containing two drafts of Leopardi’s L’infinito, which are, until now, unanimously considered to be forgeries
Keywords
- Philological research
- Intertextuality
- Textual databases
- Leopardi
- L’
- infinito
