NUOVA ANTOLOGIA. — A literary periodical in the broadest sense, founded in Florence in 1866 by Francesco Protonotari as the ideal continuation of the Antologia (v.) and inspired by the Parisian Revue des deux mondes.
Eclectic in character, it aimed, and succeeded, in exercising a concrete literary function in Italy, publishing contributions by the most illustrious names in active literature and criticism, from Comparetti to Carducci, from Marradi to D'Ancona, from Rapisardi to Villari, from D'Annunzio to D'Ovidio, Torraca, and De Sanctis.
The journal’s headquarters were transferred to Rome in 1878, where they have remained ever since, except for a brief interruption imposed by the Second World War (Florence 1944; Milan 1945 [3 issues]). Its periodicity, originally monthly, became fortnightly in 1878, returning to monthly publication in 1943. After the death of Francesco Protonotari (1888), he was succeeded as editor by his brother Giuseppe, followed by M. Ferraris, T. Tittoni, G. Gentile, L. Federzoni, and finally M. Ferrara. Among the editors-in-chief, G. Cena, C. Viola, and most recently (1951) A. Baldini should be remembered for the impetus they gave the journal.