biography
pronunciation:
[pratz]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1896–1982)
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| biography:
| Literary critic and writer, born in Rome, Latium, Italy. He lectured in Italian at Liverpool and Manchester universities (1923–34) and then in English Literature at Rome University (1934–66). He wrote essays on English literature (Secentismo e marinismo in Inghilterra, 1925; La crisi dell'eroe nel romanzo vittoriano, 1952) and comparative literature (La carne, la morte e il diavolo nella letteratura romantica, 1930) and the relationship between art and literature (Il giardino dei sensi, 1975). |
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