Gian Balsamo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1694060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gian Balsamo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gian |
| FAMILY NAME | Balsamo |
| SIGNATURE | BALSAMO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University in Cairo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Place of the Soul in Augustine and Proust: Amorous Memory versus Neuroscience
An Adaptive-landscape Model For Joyce's Ulysses
This article discusses a set of allusions in Joyce's Ulysses in terms of a meaning-making system capable of the regulative and developmental functions of organismic systems. The discussed set of allusions concerns a specific segment in Joyce's characterization of the young protagonist of his novel, Stephen Dedalus; it concerns, precisely, the discordant analogy drawn by Stephen between his body's molecular transformations and the personal self-tr…
The Fiction of Marcel Proust's Autobiography
This essay discusses the literary genre of Proust's In Search of Lost Time as analogous with the genre peculiar to Dante's Commedia and Augustine's Confessions. Both Dante and Augustine narrate their autobiography in terms of a writerly vocation pursued by means of a love quest; both authors' success in the affirmation of their respective identity depends on the success of the love quest. Dante's case is especially relevant to this essay insofar …
Figural Literalism: Metaphor, Altruism, and Alterity in Dante and Caterina da Siena
Figural Literalism: Metaphor, Altruism, and Alterity in Dante and Caterina da Siena
(2006). Figural Literalism: Metaphor, Altruism, and Alterity in Dante and Caterina da Siena. Exemplaria: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-30
Son, Knight, and Lover: Perceval's Dilemma at the Castle of Beaurepaire
(1993). Son, Knight, and Lover: Perceval's Dilemma at the Castle of Beaurepaire. Exemplaria: Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 263-281
Son, Knight, and Lover: Perceval's Dilemma at the Castle of Beaurepaire
Figural Literalism: Metaphor, Altruism, and Alterity in Dante and Caterina da Siena
(2006). Figural Literalism: Metaphor, Altruism, and Alterity in Dante and Caterina da Siena. Exemplaria: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-30
The Fiction of Marcel Proust's Autobiography
This essay discusses the literary genre of Proust's In Search of Lost Time as analogous with the genre peculiar to Dante's Commedia and Augustine's Confessions. Both Dante and Augustine narrate their autobiography in terms of a writerly vocation pursued by means of a love quest; both authors' success in the affirmation of their respective identity depends on the success of the love quest. Dante's case is especially relevant to this essay insofar …
Son, Knight, and Lover: Perceval's Dilemma at the Castle of Beaurepaire
(1993). Son, Knight, and Lover: Perceval's Dilemma at the Castle of Beaurepaire. Exemplaria: Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 263-281
Son, Knight, and Lover: Perceval's Dilemma at the Castle of Beaurepaire
Figural Literalism: Metaphor, Altruism, and Alterity in Dante and Caterina da Siena
Figural Literalism: Metaphor, Altruism, and Alterity in Dante and Caterina da Siena
(2006). Figural Literalism: Metaphor, Altruism, and Alterity in Dante and Caterina da Siena. Exemplaria: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-30
An Adaptive-landscape Model For Joyce's Ulysses
This article discusses a set of allusions in Joyce's Ulysses in terms of a meaning-making system capable of the regulative and developmental functions of organismic systems. The discussed set of allusions concerns a specific segment in Joyce's characterization of the young protagonist of his novel, Stephen Dedalus; it concerns, precisely, the discordant analogy drawn by Stephen between his body's molecular transformations and the personal self-tr…
The Fiction of Marcel Proust's Autobiography
This essay discusses the literary genre of Proust's In Search of Lost Time as analogous with the genre peculiar to Dante's Commedia and Augustine's Confessions. Both Dante and Augustine narrate their autobiography in terms of a writerly vocation pursued by means of a love quest; both authors' success in the affirmation of their respective identity depends on the success of the love quest. Dante's case is especially relevant to this essay insofar …
The Place of the Soul in Augustine and Proust: Amorous Memory versus Neuroscience
Philosophy (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Medieval Literature and History (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)