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Theory and Criticism of Literature and Arts

Volume 1, No. 1 – February 2017

ISBN 978-1-326-93715-7

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Title: L'avènement du lyrisme médiéval au temps des abbayes saxonnes: Las quin sun sparvir astur ("Hélas! Pourquoi ne suis-je un épervier-autour?")

pp. 4–15
Author: Luciano Rossi (ORCID: 0000-0002-2020-6423)
Affiliation/Status: Emeritus, University of Zurich
Abstract: This article investigates the emergence of medieval lyrical poetry during the Saxon abbey period, with a particular focus on the song Las quin sun sparvir astur, analysing its linguistic, cultural, and poetic contexts.
PDF: https://zenodo.org/record/15873365
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15873365

Title: Thomas Becket’s letters from his exile and their French text

pp. 16–125
Author: Leena Löfstedt
Affiliation/Status: Emerita, University of California at Los Angeles
Abstract: This extensive study presents the French versions of Thomas Becket’s letters written during his exile, examining their textual tradition, historical context, and significance for medieval epistolary culture and Anglo-French relations.
PDF: https://zenodo.org/record/15873382
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15873382

Title: Suoni, musica, armonia: riflessioni sull’intelaiatura melodica della Commedia

pp. 126–183
Author: Carla Rossi (ORCID: 0000-0001-6557-3684)
Affiliation: University of Zurich
Abstract: This essay explores the role of sound, music, and harmonic structures within Dante’s Commedia, analysing how melodic frameworks contribute to the narrative architecture and symbolic layers of the poem.
PDF: https://zenodo.org/record/15873419
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15873419

Title: Genealogia del bonaventuriano videre in speculo

pp. 184–250
Author: Carlo Chiurco (ORCID: 0000-0001-6771-6896)
Affiliation: University of Verona
Abstract: This article traces the genealogy of the Bonaventurian concept videre in speculo (“to see in a mirror”), exploring its philosophical development and theological implications within medieval scholastic thought.
PDF: https://zenodo.org/record/15873403
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15873403

Title: Santa Francesca, Antoniazzo, Melozzo e le due Rome del Quattrocento

pp. 251–277
Author: Sergio Rossi
Affiliation/Status: Emeritus, University of Rome La Sapienza
Abstract: The essay examines the figure of Saint Francesca Romana in relation to the works of painters Antoniazzo Romano and Melozzo da Forlì, reflecting on the cultural and artistic dynamics of fifteenth-century Rome’s papal and civic contexts.
PDF: https://zenodo.org/record/15873430
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15873430

Title: Review: NATASCIA TONELLI, Fisiologia della passione. Poesia d’amore e medicina da Cavalcanti a Boccaccio, Firenze, Edizioni del Galluzzo per la Fondazione Ezio Franceschini (Archivio Romanzo 31), 2015, pp. XVI-253

pp. 278–303
Author: Enrico Fenzi
Abstract: A review discussing Natascia Tonelli’s study on the relationship between love poetry and medical thought from Cavalcanti to Boccaccio, highlighting the book’s scholarly contributions to medieval literary studies.
PDF: https://zenodo.org/records/15931635
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15931635