Rosario, storico e amico

• Autores: John Elliott
• Localización: Studi storici: rivista trimestrale dell'Istituto Gramsci, ISSN 0039-3037, Vol. 61, Nº. 2, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Rosario Villari. Storiografia e politica nel secondo dopoguerra), págs. 545-551
• Idioma: italiano
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  • This essay is an account of my personal, intellectual and professional relationship with Rosario Villari between September 1981, when he spent six months with me in Princeton as a Visiting Member at the Institute for Advanced Study, and his death in 2017. We spent much time together discussing his plans for a companion volume to his La rivolta antispagnola a Napoli, a book I greatly admired. Following his return to Italy we continued to discuss plans for his new publications, and notably Elogio della dissimulazione and Un sogno di libertà, and my wife and I were fortunate to be able to stay with him and Anna Rosa on a number of occasions in Cetona at the Podere Santa Fortunata, while also exploring Tuscany, Rome and Naples. I learnt much from him and owe a great deal to his friendship over the years.