Marianne Shapiro: A Catalogue Raisonné of Her Publications, 2nd Edition

Marianne Shapiro: A Catalogue Raisonné of Her Publications, 2nd Edition

This Catalogue provides a synoptic view of the scholarship of Marianne Shapiro (1940-2003), demonstrably the most accomplished and versatile American Italianist of the twentieth century. As a comparatist, medievalist, Dantist, and Renaissance specialist, her scope was unparalleled. While she was alive and still far from her peak as a scholar, it was already remarked of Marianne Shapiro by a fellow critic of the first rank that for intelligence, intellectual imagination, and productivity she had no peers in the field of Romance philology; and that to find her equals one would have to turn to such giants of two generations ago as Leo Spitzer and Erich Auerbach. This Second Edition includes tributes by a colleague, Robert Hatten (Professor of Music Theory, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington), and a former doctoral student, Claudia Moscovici (Notable writers.com). "I am awed at the accomplishments ofthis truly great scholar, indeed the greatest American Italianist of the 20thcentury. It is a very beautiful book, very elegantly done ... [It] gave me sometruly memorable moments of reading and contemplation." - EniköBollobás (Associate Professor and Chair, Department of American Studies, EötvösLoránd University, Budapest, Hungary) A splendid tribute tothe memory of a scholar I admired very much for her originality and finesse ofinterpretations." - Paolo Cherchi (Professor Emeritus of Italianand Spanish Literatures, University of Chicago) "A wonderful listand tribute. Especially I liked the love story, and this book as one newchapter in the story." -Donald Wesling (Professor Emeritus of EnglishLiterature, University of California, San Diego) "It is nice to seea catalogue that takes account not only of the scholarly production of a writerbut also the physical form in which each publication appeared. ... A service tobook history and Dante studies both." - Paul F. Gehl (Custodian of the John M. WingFoundation on the History of Printing, The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois) "The Catalogue isan important and beautiful publication." - Marylène Altieri (Curator of Printed Books,Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University "A lovely, lovingand worthy tribute." - H. Wayne Storey (Professor of Italian,Director of the Medieval Studies Institute, I ndiana University, Bloomington) "Here we haveglimpses of depth and width--real rubrics of texts to be cherished in fullelsewhere. It is so unexpected to have such beauty and elegance in the genre." - Raimo Anttila (Professor Emeritus ofLinguistics and Indo-European Studies, University of California, Los Angeles) "The photograph ofMarianne is a gem: it captures both her beauty and her poignant earnestness asa survivor of a personal history that was marked by repeated injustices whichtested her morale but did not overcome her will to find and express the highestmeanings that poetry can attain. . . . She was like a virtuoso musician who hasmastered her instrument as a medium of artistic interpretation. . . . Marianneleft us a wonderful legacy of poetic truth for which we can all be grateful." - Eugene Vance (Emeritus Professor of French,Comparative Literature and Comparative Religion, University of Washington) "Very moving andbeautifully conceived tribute to Marianne and her achievements. This is much,much more than a catalogue raisonné; it is an intelligently documentedtestimonial. It is also a document that sings of a couple." - Victor Brombert (Henry Putnam UniversityProfessor of Romance and Comparative Literatures, Princeton University) Used Book in Good Condition