Julia L. Hairston is the associate academic director of the University of California, Rome Study Center, where she teaches courses in Italian literature. She has published articles in Renaissance Quarterly, Exemplaria, and MLN and is coeditor of Gendered Contexts: New Perspectives in Italian Cultural Studies. Walter Stephens is the Charles S. Singleton Professor of Italian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University and author of Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief and Giants in Those Days: Folklore, Ancient History, and Nationalism.

A highly insightful look into history and art, a top pick for such collections for both community and college libraries. Midwest Book Review 2010 A collection for those interested in Italian and comparative literature, early modern studies, cultural history, or gender studies. Recommended. Choice 2010 The broad scope of the essays and the questions they raise will be of compelling importance to any reader interested in the Renaissance, not only the Italian Renaissance, and to scholars across the disciplines from literature, performance, art history, and philosophy to sexuality, gender studies, and science. -- Bella Mirabella Clio 2010

Julia L. Hairston is the associate academic director of the University of California, Rome Study Center, where she teaches courses in Italian literature. She has published articles in Renaissance Quarterly, Exemplaria, and MLN and is coeditor of Gendered Contexts: New Perspectives in Italian Cultural Studies. Walter Stephens is the Charles S. Singleton Professor of Italian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University and author of Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief and Giants in Those Days: Folklore, Ancient History, and Nationalism.

A highly insightful look into history and art, a top pick for such collections for both community and college libraries. Midwest Book Review 2010 A collection for those interested in Italian and comparative literature, early modern studies, cultural history, or gender studies. Recommended. Choice 2010 The broad scope of the essays and the questions they raise will be of compelling importance to any reader interested in the Renaissance, not only the Italian Renaissance, and to scholars across the disciplines from literature, performance, art history, and philosophy to sexuality, gender studies, and science. -- Bella Mirabella Clio 2010

Julia L. Hairston is the associate academic director of the University of California, Rome Study Center, where she teaches courses in Italian literature. She has published articles in Renaissance Quarterly, Exemplaria, and MLN and is coeditor of Gendered Contexts: New Perspectives in Italian Cultural Studies. Walter Stephens is the Charles S. Singleton Professor of Italian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University and author of Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief and Giants in Those Days: Folklore, Ancient History, and Nationalism.

A highly insightful look into history and art, a top pick for such collections for both community and college libraries. Midwest Book Review 2010 A collection for those interested in Italian and comparative literature, early modern studies, cultural history, or gender studies. Recommended. Choice 2010 The broad scope of the essays and the questions they raise will be of compelling importance to any reader interested in the Renaissance, not only the Italian Renaissance, and to scholars across the disciplines from literature, performance, art history, and philosophy to sexuality, gender studies, and science. -- Bella Mirabella Clio 2010