Welcome to volume 102, issue 3 of Italica. This issue includes articles that span time and field, focusing on Giovanni Verga and Oriana Fallaci, Emma Dante and Valeria Pedicini, as well as a close look at linguistic strategies, with an analysis of ten textbooks of Italian L2/LS, published between 2015 and 2023. Our special section is dedicated to the extraordinary talent of Elvira Notari. As this year marks the 150th anniversary of Notari's birth, we have included two articles and one interview dedicated to the memory and the work of this pioneer and prolific filmmaker.Special thanks to our editorial team and to the anonymous and generous scholars who have served as peer reviewers for this issue. Italica continues to solicit proposals in Italian or in English that further dialogue, instruction, and research.Buona lettura!
Giovanna Summerfield (Wed,) studied this question.