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Pietro Bembo
Pietro Bembo was both witness and participant at the centre of the Italian Renaissance. A celebrated writer, an antiquarian, a man of exquisite taste, and a lover of women and …
Decadence and the Senses
Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio
Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, the three crowns of Italian literature, dealt with literature, doctrine, and reality in distinct, yet also overlapping, ways. In this major …
Affective Spaces
The Scandinavian countries regularly top ranking lists for happiness, and are, along with Germany, among the most desired destinations for immigration. But the journey towards them …
Chantal Akerman
Gravity and Grace
Gravity and grace are spiritual terms, but they can also offer us a way to think about literature. These matters are pursued here in essays on subjects ranging from Voltaire to Ali …
Towards a New Material Aesthetics
Set in the context of the various materialist approaches to literary aesthetics that emerged in the twentieth century, Renfrew's study presents a new synthesis of the work of …
A Modernist in Exile
H. G. Adler (Prague, 1910-London, 1988), a survivor of Theresienstadt and Auschwitz, is unique for his scholarly and creative approach to the Second World War. This edited volume …
The Rise of Spanish American Poetry 1500-1700
Early modern Spanish American poetry (c. 1500-1700) is a fascinating but little-studied aspect of Hispanic colonial culture. Spanish American poetry was transmitted in material …
The Catalonian Journey of American Drama 1909-2000
This book delves into the fascinating journey of American drama in Catalonia, exploring how the theatrical output of a world superpower has impacted (and transformed) the stages of …
Classical Comedy 1508-1786
We may recognize similarities between comedies by Moli re, Marivaux, Goldoni and Beaumarchais; but it is not fully appreciated that these playwrights belong to a single continuous …