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This MA dissertation, written by Tina Kover, will subject Florio’s life and career through the lens of Greenblatt’s theory of self-fashioning, analysing the prefaces of four of Florio’s books, in …

In this episode of “The Essay”, Jonathan Bate discusses the influence of John Florio’s translation of Montaigne’s Essays in Hamlet and King Lear. In this episode of Bbc Radio 3 …

In episode 101 of That Shakespeare Life, Cassidy Cash interviews Director of ResoluteJohnFlorio.com to talk about John Florio and his relationship with Vincentio Saviolo, Ben Jonson, and Shakespeare. Ranked in …

The city of Parma proposes a series of five conferences on The Merchant of Venice and Shakespeare, with a special seminar on John Florio. On the occasion of the national …

420 years ago Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake by the Roman Inquisition.  He was a major influence in John Florio’s life who changed his way of thinking, his …

The John Florio Prize is a biennial award of £2,000 for published translations of full-length Italian works of imaginative and creative writing of literary merit and general interest. Established in …

SCUFFLES, SWAGGER AND SHAKESPEARE: THE HIDDEN STORY OF ENGLISH BBC FOUR has released a new documentary which explores the history of English from a fresh point of view. It analyses …