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The critics rave about Shakespeare, Politics, and Italy It hasÂ been 2 years now since my book Shakespeare, Politics, and Italy: Intertextuality on the Jacobean Stage came out and, after the usual time delay of academic book reviews, the response has been enthusiastic and encouraging. In the meantime, I have been busy working on a new volume about Shakes more... - 2011/08/27

“Of course, Shakespeare was Sicilian…” TheÂ Adventures of a Shakespearean in the Mediterranean I hear it all the time: “Ah, you study Shakespeare and Italy? Well, then you know Shakespeare was Sicilian.” Others are more cautious: “my daughter’s teacher said Shakespeare was Sicilian, what do you think?”Â By n more... - 2009/12/13

And now a word from our (confused) sponsor… 1970s US Ad for the Alfa Romero [sic] “Here’s aÂ Man’s Car” The beautiful thing is not onlyÂ that theÂ car’s name is mispronounced every time, but the voiceover gets it wrong even when the screen shows the Alfa Romeo badge. The near front-end collision in the finale als more... - 2009/11/01

Shakespeare, Politics, and Italy: the new book Available from Ashgate in August, just in time for your/my beach reading They say that writing is a journey, not a destination, but everything has to come to an end. It’s an unique experience to be able to enjoy the pleasures of a Sicilian summer without the preoccupations of a book in progres more... - 2009/07/24

Cycling Deaths in Italy OneÂ fatality a day, according to latest statistics I’d like to say the news is a surprise, but it isn’t. The newspaper La Repubblica reports this morning that the risk of death for Italian cyclists is 2.18%, higher even than the 1.96% attributed to the notoriously foolhardy category of more... - 2009/05/11

Obsolete Products, Up to date Prices Â Be careful with those sharp curves In Italy, shopkeepers still hope to sell you a Betamax at a profit One of the most surreal sights I’ve seen in Italy was a girl feeding a boy lasagna with a fork from the back of the Vespa he was driving. Yet weird Vespa experiences are not […] more... - 2009/05/08

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