Author Archives: RMBLF

This study argues that translation is the means by which rhetoric, as the art of reasoning, becomes a part of a lineage of – and a resource for – an ethics of civic discourse. At the heart of Translation and … Lire la suite →

Ripercorrendo la vita del Roman de Renart dalla sua produzione all’esecuzione/ricezione, fino alla conservazione delle branches nelle raccolte antologiche, si delinea una storia redazionale fortemente influenzata dalle pratiche performative e dall’appartenenza del testo al genere della zooepica medievale, di cui … Lire la suite →

In this collection of essays Gérard Gouiran, one of the world’s leading and much-loved scholars of medieval Occitan literature, examines this literature from a primarily historical perspective. Through texts offering hitherto unexplored insights into the history and culture of medieval … Lire la suite →

Cet ouvrage constitue la première étude d’ensemble de l’œuvre poétique yiddish d’Élia Lévita (1469-1549) et cherche à définir sa place dans la littérature de la Renaissance en analysant les transferts esthétiques et culturels ayant présidé à sa production. Il situe … Lire la suite →

The Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio in Milan, originally built under Ambrose (374-397), and radically restructured at the end of the eleventh century, is an extraordinary lieu de mémoire, containing the presence of medieval objects and monuments. Through the study of some … Lire la suite →