Francesco D'Ovidio (

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, 5 December 1849 –

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, 24 November 1925) was an Italian

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

and

literary critic Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...

. He was nominated for the

Nobel Prize in Literature ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , caption = , awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature , presenter = Swedish Academy , holder = Annie Ernaux (2022) , location = Stockholm, Sweden , year = 1901 , ...

four times.

Biography

He was educated at Pisa and Naples. In 1870 he became professor of Romance philology at the

University of Naples The University of Naples Federico II ( it, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public university in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1224, it is the oldest public non-sectarian university in the world, and is now organized into 26 depar ...

Works

His thorough scholarship and keen criticism are shown in a large number of works, of which the following are the most noteworthy: * ''Dell' origine dell' unica forma flessionale del nome italiano'' (1872) * ''Il vocalismo tonico italiano'' (1878) * ''Storia della letteratura latina'' (1879) * ''Il Tasso e la Lucrezia Bendidio-Machiavelli'' (1882)

References

Attribution * 1849 births 1925 deaths Italian philologists Italian literary critics Academic staff of the University of Naples Federico II {{italy-academic-bio-stub