“L’Ellisse” is dedicated to the investigation of Italian literature from its origins to the twentieth century, mainly using the tools of textual philology, with special attention to political history, social contexts and the links between geography and literature. The birth of the literary works, the way they take shape on the authors’ desk, the stages of their fortune, are the core of many articles published in the journal, in the largely shared belief that philological analysis is a fundamental feature of critical interpretation. The Ellisse publishes essays on authors’ papers and variant readings, on historical and literary sources, on manuscript tradition and early printed editions, on the fortunes of authors and works in later periods; furthermore it also hosts researches on new scholarly fields and publishes critical editions of unknown or little known texts.

The journal has semiannual periodicity; it is subject to peer-review and maintains an ANVUR type A classification.