Lessons and conferences
The painful glance in Italian courtly poetry
Nautical images and metaphors
With reminiscences of the poetry of Catullus and Propertius
From Tragic Despair at this World’s Futility to the Delirium of Love: “vanitas” and “voluptas”
Thematic comparison between Aminta and the siren-songs in Gerusalemme Liberata: metamorphoses in the garden of Armida
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Thematic comparison between Aminta and the siren-songs in Gerusalemme Liberata: metamorphoses in the garden of Armida
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The Forms of Proteus. The Metamorphosis of Language and of Beings
Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana.(That Awful Mess on Via Merulana). The “mess” or “muddle” of words, images and metaphors: the mimesis of life also provides traces and signs of the changing of things in death and dreaming
