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Martin Eisner

Martin Eisner

William Hane Wannamaker Professor of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
martin.eisner@duke.edu
Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708-0257
205 Language Center, Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours

Office Hours (Fall 2026): Monday 1:30-3:30 or by appointment.

  

Scholarly Works - Books

Dante's New Life of the Book A Philology of World Literature

Book · March 18, 2021 Dante's New Life of the Book examines Dante's Vita nuova through its transformations in manuscripts, printed books, translations, and adaptations. ... Cite

Dante's New Life of the Book A Philology of World Literature

Book · March 2021 Dante's New Life of the Book examines Dante's Vita nuova through its transformations in manuscripts, printed books, translations, and adaptations. ... Cite

A Boccaccian Renaissance Essays on the Early Modern Impact of Giovanni Boccaccio and His Works

Book · June 25, 2019 Featured Publication The essays investigate what it means to follow a Boccaccian model, in tandem with or in place of ancient authors such as Vergil or Cicero, or modern poets such as Dante or Petrarch. ... Cite

Boccaccio and His World

Book · 2018 special issue of Heliotropia, vol 15 (2018). ... Link to item Cite

Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature: Dante, Petrarch, Cavalcanti, and the Authority of the Vernacular

Book · 2013 Featured Publication Examines Boccaccio's pivotal role in legitimizing the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch and Cavalcanti through argument, narrative and transcription. Introduction: Boccaccio between Dante and Petrarch: cultivating vernacular literary community in t ... Cite