Nancy L. Canepa

Nancy L. Canepa is an Associate Professor at Dartmouth College in the Department of French and Italian, specializing in early modern Italian literature and culture, fairy tales, and folklore. Her research spans dialect literature, translation studies, and mafias, with a focus on the 1550-1700 period.

• Education:
  • B.A., Cornell University
  • M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Her scholarly contributions include critical monographs such as From Court to Forest and Magic Italy: Place, Identity, and the Italian Fairy Tale (in progress), alongside translations of foundational texts like Giambattista Basile's The Tale of Tales and Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio. Her work From Court to Forest earned the MLA Marraro and Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies.

Current projects include a scholarly edition and English translation of Emma Perodi's Grandma's Stories: Fantastic Fairy Tales and Castore Durante's Renaissance wellness manual The Treasure of Health. She teaches courses on early modern Italian literature, fairy tales, and mafias.