Nicolò Crisafi is a Research and Teaching Fellow in Italian and Director of Modern Languages at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. He has published on medieval Italian literature with a focus on the works of Dante Alighieri. He engages in research on narrative theory, the role of the reader, the relation between language, affect, and vulnerability, and the intersection between narrative forms and worldviews. His current project on possibility and the utopian imagination, developed as a fellow of ICI Berlin (2018-2020), investigates narratives of possibility and their political implications in the late middle ages.

There is a great deal to admire about this monograph. It is precise and astute in its analysis and highly attentive to the workings of language and the nuances of lexis...this vibrant and sophisticated study represents not only a fresh and significant contribution to the field of Dante studies but also a work of great interest to scholars of literature and narrative theory more broadly.

Nicolò Crisafi is a Research and Teaching Fellow in Italian and Director of Modern Languages at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. He has published on medieval Italian literature with a focus on the works of Dante Alighieri. He engages in research on narrative theory, the role of the reader, the relation between language, affect, and vulnerability, and the intersection between narrative forms and worldviews. His current project on possibility and the utopian imagination, developed as a fellow of ICI Berlin (2018-2020), investigates narratives of possibility and their political implications in the late middle ages.

There is a great deal to admire about this monograph. It is precise and astute in its analysis and highly attentive to the workings of language and the nuances of lexis...this vibrant and sophisticated study represents not only a fresh and significant contribution to the field of Dante studies but also a work of great interest to scholars of literature and narrative theory more broadly.