The scope of my research was to bring to life the figure of Lodovico Gonzaga as an erudite humanist statesman. Although he is often framed in such terms, conventional definitions such as "pupil of Vittorino da Feltre" ...

This dissertation is centred on the critical study of the correspondence of Eugenio Montale (1896-1981) with the French writer Valery Larbaud (1881-1957). The epistolary documents - several of which hitherto unpublished - ...

This analysis explores the connections between Nobel Prize winner Grazia Deledda (1871-1936) and Irish women writers, many of whom despite popularity at the time have been met with critical silence. Two dominant themes ...