Thomas E Mussio
Biographic Data
| ID | 5767196 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas E Mussio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas E |
| FAMILY NAME | Mussio |
| SIGNATURE | MUSSIO T E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iona University |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-8361-9224 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Moral Ambiguity in Stigliani’s Il Mondo Nuovo
This article explores the representation of one of the minor characters in Tommaso Stigliani’s 1628 Italian epic poem on Columbus’ early adventures in the new world. In addition, the treatment of Sifante’s wife reveals Stigliani’s intermediate position between acknowledging women’s autonomy and reaffirming stereotypical views of feminine emotionality and passivity.
Laura's Vacillations
This article explores Castelvetro's treatment, in his commentary on Petrarch's Rerum vulgarium fragmenta, of the paradox of the pleasure and pain the speaker seems to feel simultaneously in his experience of loving. The argument is that Castelvetro, in comparison to other fifteenth- and sixteenth-century commentators on Petrarch's Rime, more consistently and insistently explains such paradoxes not as indications of some mysterious mingling of pai…
Lodovico Castelvetro. Parere sopra una comedia di Aristophano et sopra ciascuna di Plauto
Amata’s Wrath
This essay holds that Dante’s particular interpretation of Virgil’s Amata in Purgatorio XVII as an example of wrath is consistent with his treatment of this Virgilian character in his Epistle VII. Despite the pathetic quality of Lavinia’s words in the Purgatorio episode, a close analysis of Dante’s verses in relation to Virgil’s text, particularly the second half of the Aeneid, reveals that he condemns Amata’s actions as harshly in the Purgatorio…
Gregory Murry, The Medicean Succession
Medieval Italy
The Poetics of Compression
Fides Amor
Fides Amor
The Augustinian Conflict in the Lyrics of Michelangelo
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The Augustinian Conflict in the Lyrics of Michelangelo
Fides Amor
Fides Amor
The Poetics of Compression
Medieval Italy
Amata’s Wrath
This essay holds that Dante’s particular interpretation of Virgil’s Amata in Purgatorio XVII as an example of wrath is consistent with his treatment of this Virgilian character in his Epistle VII. Despite the pathetic quality of Lavinia’s words in the Purgatorio episode, a close analysis of Dante’s verses in relation to Virgil’s text, particularly the second half of the Aeneid, reveals that he condemns Amata’s actions as harshly in the Purgatorio…
Gregory Murry, The Medicean Succession
Lodovico Castelvetro. Parere sopra una comedia di Aristophano et sopra ciascuna di Plauto
Laura's Vacillations
This article explores Castelvetro's treatment, in his commentary on Petrarch's Rerum vulgarium fragmenta, of the paradox of the pleasure and pain the speaker seems to feel simultaneously in his experience of loving. The argument is that Castelvetro, in comparison to other fifteenth- and sixteenth-century commentators on Petrarch's Rime, more consistently and insistently explains such paradoxes not as indications of some mysterious mingling of pai…
Moral Ambiguity in Stigliani’s Il Mondo Nuovo
This article explores the representation of one of the minor characters in Tommaso Stigliani’s 1628 Italian epic poem on Columbus’ early adventures in the new world. In addition, the treatment of Sifante’s wife reveals Stigliani’s intermediate position between acknowledging women’s autonomy and reaffirming stereotypical views of feminine emotionality and passivity.
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