Mara Cambiaghi holds degrees in English and German literature from the University of London, Milan and Freiburg. She taught and pursued postgraduate studies in English and comparative literature at the University of Konstanz and completed her PhD at the University of Freiburg.

«With her perceptive textual analyses, and the extensive dialogue she establishes between the novels and the social, historical and cultural questions they mobilise, Cambiaghi does justice to the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural aspects of Byatt’s fiction, in a volume that will no doubt become essential reading to scholars, students and perceptive Byatt fans alike.» (Barbara Franchi, C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings, 9 (1), 2021)

• Cultural memory, Renaissance memory systems, Visual culture, Ekphrasis, Cognitive science, Media and TV, Gender, Post-war English culture, The sixties, 1968, Myth and fairy tales, Fiction and critical discourse, Intertextuality, Blending theory, Victorian and postmodern culture.

Mara Cambiaghi holds degrees in English and German literature from the University of London, Milan and Freiburg. She taught and pursued postgraduate studies in English and comparative literature at the University of Konstanz and completed her PhD at the University of Freiburg.

«With her perceptive textual analyses, and the extensive dialogue she establishes between the novels and the social, historical and cultural questions they mobilise, Cambiaghi does justice to the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural aspects of Byatt’s fiction, in a volume that will no doubt become essential reading to scholars, students and perceptive Byatt fans alike.» (Barbara Franchi, C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings, 9 (1), 2021)

• Cultural memory, Renaissance memory systems, Visual culture, Ekphrasis, Cognitive science, Media and TV, Gender, Post-war English culture, The sixties, 1968, Myth and fairy tales, Fiction and critical discourse, Intertextuality, Blending theory, Victorian and postmodern culture.

Mara Cambiaghi holds degrees in English and German literature from the University of London, Milan and Freiburg. She taught and pursued postgraduate studies in English and comparative literature at the University of Konstanz and completed her PhD at the University of Freiburg.

«With her perceptive textual analyses, and the extensive dialogue she establishes between the novels and the social, historical and cultural questions they mobilise, Cambiaghi does justice to the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural aspects of Byatt’s fiction, in a volume that will no doubt become essential reading to scholars, students and perceptive Byatt fans alike.» (Barbara Franchi, C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings, 9 (1), 2021)

• Cultural memory, Renaissance memory systems, Visual culture, Ekphrasis, Cognitive science, Media and TV, Gender, Post-war English culture, The sixties, 1968, Myth and fairy tales, Fiction and critical discourse, Intertextuality, Blending theory, Victorian and postmodern culture.