JOHN FLORIO’S HEROIC POEM
“A dictionary haunted by a heroic poem has produced this heroic poem haunted by a dictionary.” Writer and artist Kat Addis, author of Space Parsley (the87press, 2021), has published in […]
SHARP 2022: “POWER OF THE WRITTEN WORD”
THE 2022 CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF AUTHORSHIP, READING AND PUBLISHING WILL TAKE PLACE IN AMSTERDAM FROM 11 TO 15 JULY 2022. The Society for the History […]
JOHN FLORIO, THE “AYDE” OF SHAKESPEARE’S MUSE
Practices of Collaboration in Early Modern Theatre: Authors, Printers, Playhouses, and Their Texts – 02-04 December 2021 Online conference – University of Passau, DE and University of Luxembourg, LUX. This […]
NEW DOCUMENTS ON JOHN FLORIO
LOST CHILDREN & LIFE IN LONDON The personal life of John Florio has been the object of scattered studies these past centuries, which have thrown a new light upon his […]
Practices of Collaboration in Early Modern Theatre – CONFERENCE
The interrelation of all ‘players’ participating in the complex network of collaborations in early modern theatre Conference: Practices of Collaboration in Early Modern Theatre Susanne Gruss & Lena Steveker Keynote […]
“SARAO”: JOHN FLORIO & CERVANTES IN VALLADOLID
JOHN FLORIO’S COPY OF VALLADOLID’S ACCOUNTS ATTRIBUTED TO MIGUEL DE CERVANTES IS HELD AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY While he was engaged in the service of Henry Wriothesley, Third Earl of […]
WHY JOHN FLORIO’S AUTHORSHIP OF DECAMERON HAS BEEN UNDERMINED
AND WHY RENAISSANCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA NEEDS TO TALK ABOUT JOHN FLORIO I have had the pleasure to receive an email and a comment on this website from Dr. Richard […]
JOHN FLORIO’S A WORLD OF WORDS (1598) AS LINK BETWEEN PLOT AND SUBPLOT IN TWELFTH NIGHT
The article examines John Florio’s Italian-English dictionary “A World of Words” as a link between plot and subplot in William Shakespeare’s play “Twelfth Night”. It discusses the relevance of Florio’s […]
FLORIO, SHAKESPEARE, AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
THE PEDANT, THE CUCKOLD, THE EVIL SPY: IT IS TIME FOR SHAKESPEARE’S SCHOLARS TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FLORIO-SHAKESPEARE AFFAIR “The Pedant Holofernes” “The Spy in Southampton household” “Ridiculed […]
SECRET STORIES ABOUT JOHN FLORIO
John Florio’s life and personality have been often distorted. So it is time for you to know who really was John Florio and how he was described by the people […]