Fabian Alfie is a professor of Italian at the University of Arizona. He is the author and editor of several books on the satires of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, including Comedy and Culture: Cecco Angiolieri's Poetry and Late Medieval Society.

• Introduction: Homoerotic Poets: Meo dei Tolomei, Pseudo-Cecco Angiolieri, Cecco Nuccoli and Marino CeccoliPart 1. Siena: Poets of Chigiano L.VIII.305 and Related Manuscripts1. Meo dei Tolomei2. Pseudo-Cecco AngiolieriPart 2. Perugia: Poets of the Vatican Barberiniano Latin 4036 Manuscript3. Cecco Nuccoli4. Marino CeccoliBibliography

"A fascinating and rich body of lyric little known in general and even less in the English-speaking world." —Gary P. Cestaro, author of Dante and the Grammar of the Nursing Body"Alfie's translations are exceptional. He admirably captures the expressionistic tension, the lively realism, and the vernacular traits of the original language." —Roberto Rea, author of Dante: guida alla Vita nuova

Fabian Alfie is a professor of Italian at the University of Arizona. He is the author and editor of several books on the satires of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, including Comedy and Culture: Cecco Angiolieri's Poetry and Late Medieval Society.

• Introduction: Homoerotic Poets: Meo dei Tolomei, Pseudo-Cecco Angiolieri, Cecco Nuccoli and Marino CeccoliPart 1. Siena: Poets of Chigiano L.VIII.305 and Related Manuscripts1. Meo dei Tolomei2. Pseudo-Cecco AngiolieriPart 2. Perugia: Poets of the Vatican Barberiniano Latin 4036 Manuscript3. Cecco Nuccoli4. Marino CeccoliBibliography

"A fascinating and rich body of lyric little known in general and even less in the English-speaking world." —Gary P. Cestaro, author of Dante and the Grammar of the Nursing Body"Alfie's translations are exceptional. He admirably captures the expressionistic tension, the lively realism, and the vernacular traits of the original language." —Roberto Rea, author of Dante: guida alla Vita nuova

Fabian Alfie is a professor of Italian at the University of Arizona. He is the author and editor of several books on the satires of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, including Comedy and Culture: Cecco Angiolieri's Poetry and Late Medieval Society.

• Introduction: Homoerotic Poets: Meo dei Tolomei, Pseudo-Cecco Angiolieri, Cecco Nuccoli and Marino CeccoliPart 1. Siena: Poets of Chigiano L.VIII.305 and Related Manuscripts1. Meo dei Tolomei2. Pseudo-Cecco AngiolieriPart 2. Perugia: Poets of the Vatican Barberiniano Latin 4036 Manuscript3. Cecco Nuccoli4. Marino CeccoliBibliography

"A fascinating and rich body of lyric little known in general and even less in the English-speaking world." —Gary P. Cestaro, author of Dante and the Grammar of the Nursing Body"Alfie's translations are exceptional. He admirably captures the expressionistic tension, the lively realism, and the vernacular traits of the original language." —Roberto Rea, author of Dante: guida alla Vita nuova