The Renaissance in the 19th Century

This volume examines the Italian Renaissance revival as a Pan-European critique: a reshaping of a nineteenth-century present that is perceived as deeply problematic. These essays recover the multidimensionality of the reaction to, transformation of, and commentary on the connections between the Italian Renaissance and nineteenth-century modernity.

The collaborative, interdisciplinary, and international approach to the analysis of the Renaissance adopted by this study has produced an excellent volume.

Lina Bolzoni is Professor Emerita of Italian Literature at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa and Global Distinguished Professor at New York University. She is the author of The Gallery of Memory and The Web of Images, among other titles. Alina Payne is Paul E. Geier Director of Villa I Tatti and Alexander P. Misheff Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.