GIORNALE STORICO DELLA LETTERATURA ITALIANA. - Founded in Turin in 1883 by A. Graf, R. Renier, and F. Novati, who directed it for many years; published by the publishing house E. Loescher, which was succeeded in 1918 by the publishing house E. Chiantore.
With the aim of covering all Italian literary and historical-philological production while always taking into account foreign works, it became the leading organ of the so-called historical method. From the outset, it has been, and remains, one of the best—if not the foremost—Italian literary journals: an immense archive of monographs, documents, notes, and information, as well as a distinguished monument to modern erudite criticism.
It is currently directed by C. Calcaterra, F. Neri, V. Pernicone, and G. Vidossi; with its various indices and supplements, it has reached volume CXXVII. The publication of its issues is quarterly.
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