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Lecturer, World Languages; College of Humanities and Social Sciences

My research revolves primarily around Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature, with a concurrent focus on Italian Cinema. I am currently working on a book-length project focused on zoomorphic political satire, where I engage with literature, film studies, and current debates in Posthumanism.

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My research revolves primarily around Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature, with a concurrent focus on Italian Cinema. I am currently working on a book-length project focused on zoomorphic political satire, where I engage with literature, film studies, and current debates in Posthumanism.

2018 - Present	Lecturer, World Languages, Rowan University ‐ College of Humanities & Social Sciences
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Italian Language and Literature

Italian Literature and Film, Italian language and culture, and Posthumanism

2015	PhD in Italian Studies, University of Pennsylvania
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Leopardi: immaginazione e realtà (Alessandra Mirra) (2015)

Le novelle : 1915 - 1929 (Bruno Cicognani and Alessandra Mirra) (2012)

Leopardi teorico del tragico : dagli abbozzi teatrali alla poesia lirica (Alessandra Mirra) (2012)

“A Conversation with Jonathan Galassi on His Translation of Giacomo Leopardi’s «Canti».” (Alessandra Mirra) Leopardi: immaginazione e realtà (2015)

“«Nazioni senza canti e senza eroi». Literature and Politics in Leopardi’s Zibaldone.” (Alessandra Mirra) Leopardi: immaginazione e realtà (2015)

“Affetto” (Alessandra Mirra) Lessico leopardiano (2014)

“D’Annunzio giornalista e romanziere - Dalla «Tribuna» al Piacere: un esempio di rielaborazione testuale.” (Alessandra Mirra) Scrittori e giornalismo. Sondaggi sul Novecento letterario Italiano (2007)

Peer-Reviewed Articles (3)

A threefold adaptation: Mario Martone's Leopardi (Alessandra Mirra) The Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies (2020)

This article explores how Martone's seemingly traditional period biopic of nineteenth-century Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi challenges the conventions of the genre, and could be read, instead, as an interesting case of cinematic adaptation on at ...

Rhetorical Strategies in Leopardi’s "Zibaldone" (Alessandra Mirra) Italica (2016)

La giovinezza, l'innocenza e la morte: su una canzone 'rifiutata' di Giacomo Leopardi (Alessandra Mirra) Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia (2006)

Giacomo Leopardi. Percorsi critici e bibliografici (1998-2003) (Giuseppe Manitta and Alessandra Mirra) Quaderni D Italianistica (2011)

Casti libertino: Le Novelle galanti con un saggio di edizione (Alessandra Mirra) (2005)

The Novelle galanti is a collection of licentious tales in verse written by the Italian poet Casti at the end of the XVIII century. The tales mostly portray love affairs involving religious characters, and usually ...