Margherita De Blasi teaches Italian Literature at the Università di Napoli L’Orientale, where she holds a research fellowship. Her research interests focus on the study of 18th- and 19th-century texts and manuscripts. She has edited the critical editions of Osservazioni sulla tortura by Pietro Verri (2018) and Caterina Medici di Brono by Achille Mauri (2022). Among her critical studies, notable works include Sullo scrittoio di Verga. Eros e l’officina del romanzo (2020) and Manzonisti. Riletture manzoniane tra romanzo e processo agli untori (2023).