Mauda Bregoli-Russo (Ph.D. University of Chicago)
Professor of Italian
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In my 25 years of research, I have delved into the four genres of Italian Renaissance Literature (lyric, epic, emblems and theater) in an orderly succession. At the conclusion of my critical analysis of the lyrical work of Matteo Maria Boiardo (Ferrara, Italy, 1441-1494) for my Ph.D. Dissertation, I found myself with many unanswered questions on the structure and dating of the Canzoniere. This forced me to undertake a systematic study of Boiardo's minor works such as the Eglogues, the Tarots, and the comedy Timone. While doing this research, I was motivated to become more knowledgeable about Ferrara between 1477 and 1494. This required focusing on Boiardo's major work, Orlando Innamorato, enlightening four of its aspects; the French, the one linked with Breton Legends, the part connected with Marco Polo's Milione, and one which takes inspiration from Boccaccio's Decameron. While completing my book on the Poets and Scholars at the Court of Gonzaga in the sixteenth century, I am also taking a keen interest in Veronica Gambara's figure as woman poet, and maintain my ongoing research on Matteo Maria Boiardo's epic work.





Publications:

Il Teatro dei Gonzaga al tempo d'Isabella d'Este(1997);
Aspetti e Problemi del Rinascimento Italiano(1997);
Studi di Critica Boiardesca (1994);
Impresa come Ritratto del Rinascimento (1990);
Renaissance Italian Theater in the Regenstein Library of the uNiversity of CHicago (1984);
Galeotto Del Carretto, Li Sei Contnti e Sofonisba (1982);
Teatro Ferrarese del Rinascimento (1980);
Boiardo Lirico (1979);

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