CC BY NC NDG. Iotti2025-06-202025-06-202019-01-01https://ror.circle-u.eu/handle/123456789/1562269The essay tackles the issue of the supernatural in literature as sketched by Francesco Orlando in his recently published posthumous study Il soprannaturale letterario. Storia, logica e forme. Orlando’s proposal of reformulation and categorization of the theme – which is extremely innovative and exemplified by a range of texts belonging to an ample chronological span – is discussed in relation to the theoretical tenets of the author of Per una teoria freudiana della letteratura and takes into account the previous attempts of theorisation of the supernatural.OPENsoprannaturale letteraturapublicationod______3728:4860910884ae0d010d503bb24fff99df11568/963595