Faculty Publications

Poesia epica e scrittura femminile nel Seicento: “L’Enrico” di Lucrezia Marinelli
Laura Lazzari

Does a female epic exist? Do female authors relate to the genre in a different way than male writers? From a reading of Lucrezia Marinelli’s L’Enrico, ovvero Bisanzio acquistato (1635) it would seem so. The poem, long mistakenly considered as a mere copy of Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered, deliberately distances itself from the literary canon...

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Serge Doubrovsky ou l'écriture d'une survie
Patrick Saveau

When Serge Doubrovsky coined the word "Autofiction" that appeared on the back cover of Fils, published in 1977, he not only contributed to the renewal of the autobiographical genre, but he also gave a new impetus to critics who were and still are trying to define it. Although scholarly research on the autofictional genre has been thriving for the past 30 years, culminating in a 10 day conference that took place in Cerisy la Salle, France, in July 2008, Patrick Saveau decided to eschew generic questions and embark on another path.

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Sacred Eloquence: Giambattista Tiepolo and the Rhetoric of the Altarpiece
Johanna Fassl

Art critics and historians have appreciated Giambattista Tiepolo for the facility of his brush and the brilliance of his colors. They have had problems in acknowledging that Tiepolo is also a deeply religious painter. The difficulties stem from the interpretive framework.  Tiepolo's religious canvases cannot be understood when viewed through a Renaissance lens. He occupies a particular position in the history of art: firmly embedded in the eighteenth century, he is one of the last great painters of the classical tradition, and, at the same time, one of the precursors of modernity.

Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas
Joshua Long

Austin, Texas, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, is experiencing one of the most dynamic periods in its history. Wedged between homogenizing growth and a long tradition of rebellious nonconformity, many Austinites feel that they are in the midst of a "battle for the city's soul."

This book explores the complex and eccentric history of the "Keep Austin Weird" movement. What began as a whimsical grassroots expression of city pride in 2000...

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Thomas Hare and Political Representation in Victorian Britain
Floyd Parsons

This book is an account of the life and work of Thomas Hare (1806–1891) as a political theorist within the context of the history of party politics in Victorian Britain. It focuses on his principle of personal representation and its association with proportional representation, in opposition to the principle of virtual representation. By linking this debate to contemporary arguments over parliamentary reform, the book demonstrates the relation between political theory and party politics...