Bio

Born in Rome, and raised between Rome and San Diego (CA), Prof. Maglione holds a double B.A. in Communications and English Literature and an M.Phil. in Children’s Literature from Trinity College, Dublin. Prof. Maglione, who in his PhD explores literary space in relation to Carroll, Borges and Calvino, is researching in the field literary space studies and literary theory.

He teaches primarily at John Cabot University, the American University of Rome and the University of Rome, Tor Vergata.

Research Interests

Prof. Maglione’s main research interests are essay writing and theory, children's literature and literary and cultural theory. In addition to Lewis Carroll, prof. Maglione has also written on Edward Lear, Italo Calvino, Jorge Luis Borges, Georges Perec and philosopher Roland Barthes.

Prof. Maglione is also a translator. He has translated Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist (2023) and Martin Chuzzlewit (2025) for Mattioli and has written the glossary section of Italian translations of Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (2022), Nicholas Nickleby (2024), Barnaby Rudge (2025) for Mattioli as well. Other translations are forthcoming.

Courses Taught

Prof. Maglione’s classes are taught in the form of lectures, seminars, and open discussion sessions, with the goal of encouraging critical thinking and argumentation. At Tor Vergata, he teaches research writing courses and seminars. Prof. Maglione is always open to discussing essay ideas, thesis outlines and research projects with students and welcomes emails at: mattia.maglione@uniroma2.eu