Theses - Italian
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A Forgotten Bestselling Author: Laura Terracina in Early Modern Naples
(2019-04-27)This dissertation provides a critical assessment of Laura Terracina (1519-c.1577) and her works. It argues that she was a consummate product of her age, embodying the tensions which ruled the Italian peninsula. Terracina ... -
Romance morphosyntactic microvariation in complementizer and auxiliary systems
(2019-02-23)This thesis describes and analyses patterns of complementation and auxiliation in the languages spoken in an understudied area of Italy, namely Southern Lazio. From a descriptive perspective, this thesis serves to document ... -
Aspects of Animal Imagery in Petrarch’s 'Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta'
(2019-01-26)This thesis examines the role of animal imagery in Petrarch’s 'Rerum vulgarium fragmenta' (Rvf) as a means of elucidating his poetics in conversation with his predecessors. To achieve this aim, the present study compares ...
