Alfred Noe

Biography

Areas of interest in research and teaching

• History of books and library history of the Early Modern Period
• Social history of literature, mainly concerning the effects of literature on the reader's mentalities
• Editions of French and Italian literary works in historic German translations of the Early Modern Period
• The Italian libretto in the 17th and 18th centuries, with a particular regard to the establishing and translating of texts for critical editions of baroque music in Austria
• The dissemination of literary works in from the Romance language areas into German speaking countries, in particular the oeuvre of the Italian poets laureates at the Imperial court in Austria
• The transformative reception of literary traditions as a fundamental concept of the comparative literature in the Early Modern Period

  Editorships and Memberships

• With Erika Kanduth and Alberto Martino founder of the series Wiener Beiträge zu Komparatistik und Romanistik
• Co-editor of the book series Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft and Translatio
• 2012-18 Editor of Editionen in der Kritik
• 2003-12 Member of the Commission for Music Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences;
• Corresponding Member of the Accademia Galileiana in Padua
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Giornale storico della letteratura italiana
• With Hans-Gert Roloff founder of the working group on the transformative reception of literary traditions in the Early Modern Period
• With Hans-Gert Roloff editor of the complete works by Johann Rist
• Director of research projects and editor of the complete dramatic works by Apostolo Zeno
• President of the Società Dante Alighieri, Vienna

  Honors and awards

• 2012 Flaiano prize
• 2011 Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 2002 Officer of the Ordre des Palmes académiques

  Publications