Theses - Italian
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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 ... -
Popular Magazines in Fascist Italy, 1934 - 1943
(2018-09-28)The dissertation examines the field of popular magazines in 1930s Italy, by first examining the broad field of magazine production under Fascism and then undertaking three case studies of individual magazines – L’Avventuroso ... -
From the Restoration to the Pisanelli Code (1815-1865): A Cultural and Historical Assessment of the Legal Status of Women in the North of the Italian Peninsula
(2018-11-11)Abstract From the Restoration to the Pisanelli Code (1815-1865): A Cultural and Historical Assessment of the Legal Status of Women in the North of the Italian Peninsula In the context of a changing political landscape, ... -
First-Person Participation in Dante's 'Commedia'
(2018-08-23)This thesis sets out a case for a mode of reading I term first-person participation in relation to Dante’s 'Commedia', a narrative poem I propose to function as an exceptionally participatory text. That Dante’s poem invites ...
