Studies on renaissance dialogue from an european perspective (1898-2005)

Abstract

This essay is a comprehensive review of the main critical works on Renaissance dialogue published in Italian, French and English between 1898 and 2005. Due to the temporal and linguistic extension of the topic, I have drawn — when possible — a narrative from the different critical developments, offering to the reader connections between separate linguistic domains and discrete critical approaches. These links are not always evident without an exhaustive scrutiny of the bibliography. The limiting of my selection to three languages — with a few references to the German realm — is motivated by the comparative possibilities and the critical framework it offers. In the near future I will hopefully write a review of the studies on Spanish Renaissance dialogue.