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The bilingual InVerse anthologies feature the works of well known contemporary poets who already belong to the history of Italian poetry, in addition to younger and lesser known poets whom the editors believe deserve to be recognized. Every anthology collects the work of the poets who take part in the InVerse Poetry Festival, held at John Cabot University every few years. At the root of the project is the desire to introduce English speakers t...

Byron's emotional and erotic life, which he indulged with an unstoppable energy, is a key element in understanding his powerful and passionate personality, as well as the society of his day, which was scandalised by his behaviour even while being conquered by his extraordinary charm. The Sour Fruit. Lord Byron, Love & Sex looks at the poet's now generally acknowledged bisexuality in all its aspects, from his fleeting liaisons to his love-affai...

The bilingual InVerse anthology collects the work of seventeen contemporary Italian poets. This is the seventh edition of the anthology, which provides a comprehensive and independent overview of the Italian poetic milieu.

Beginning with a critical reappraisal of the notion of "fairy tale" and extending it to include categories and genres which are in common usage in folklore and in literary studies, this book throws light on the general processes involved in storytelling. It illuminates the fundamental ways in which a culture is formed, while highlighting important features of the Irish narrative tradition, in all its wealth and variety and in its connections w...

In his latest book in the study of power, Giacomo Marramao focuses on the work of two great Central European writers, Elias Canetti and Herta Muller, each of whom, in different periods and contexts, offered a philosophical genealogy of forms of domination and a radical diagnosis of power, command and law. To grasp the meaning of the transformations of power, it is necessary to go to the roots: to the arch that originated it as a factor common ...

A First Amendment Profile of the Supreme Court focuses on the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court and determines their frames for assessing First Amendment cases. In each of the chapters, a justice is profiled in terms of his or her claims during the nomination hearings and the positions they have taken in significant Supreme Court decisions. These chapters provide a rhetorical frame that each of these justices would find appealin...

On the occasion of John Cabot University's fortieth anniversary, John Cabot University Press is proud to present the fifth edition of the InVerse poetry anthology. In publishing InVerse, the University is true to its deepest mission and commitment: to bring together Anglo-American and Italian cultures.

The product of over thirty years of research on the American Civil War by Italy's most renowned authority on the subject, this study synthetically analyzes the great drama that from 1861 to 1865 devastated the United States and gave life to the modern American nation. The book also highlights how the Civil War was the first conflict of the industrial age and an often neglected premonition of the two great world wars that shook the world in the...

Poetry by: Antonella Anedda Gian Maria Annovi Nadia Agustoni Mario Benedetti Antonio Bux Biagio Cepollaro Vladimir D'Amora Roberto Deidier Stelvio Di Spigno Anna Maria Farabbi Paolo Febbraro Silvia Fiorentino Mariangela Guatteri Andrea Inglese Bianca Madeccia Giampiero Neri Giulia Niccolai Sandro Olimpi Umberto Piersanti Elena Buia Rutt Francesco Serrao Giacomo Trinci Ida Travi

This book is a collection of four theatrical works around such themes as distress, exclusion, tragedy, and society's expectations of women. It is particularly suitable for students of Italian language, gender studies, and modern Italian literature and theater.