• Publications:
  • The Early Italian Sonnet (1986); ed., Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia (2000) and Medieval Manuscripts and Textual Criticism (1976);
  • co-tr., Dante, The Fiore and Detto d'Amore (2000); co-ed., Fearful Hope: Approaching the New Millennium (1999), Saint Augustine, the Bishop: A Book of Essays (1994), and Medieval Studies in North America (1982);
  • numerous articles, chapters, and reviews on medieval Italian literature.
• Offices held:
  • President, American Association of Teachers of Italian (1999-);
  • Vice-President, American Association of Teachers of Italian (1993-98);
  • Councillor, Dante Society of America (1985-91);
  • President, American Boccaccio Association (1993-97);
  • Chair, Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) of the Medieval Academy of America (1993-98);
  • Editor, Dante Studies (1989-);
  • Bibliographer, Studi e problemi di critica testuale (1970-), Dante Society of America (1984-), American Boccaccio Association (1983-), and BIGLLI (1994-).
• Teaching and Research interests:
  • Italian literature of the Duecento and Trecento (esp. Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio);
  • manuscript studies (paleography and textual criticism);
  • art and literature in medieval Italy;
  • Rome in history and literature from antiquity to the Renaissance.

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