David Lummus

David Lummus received his Ph.D. in Italian from Stanford University with a dissertation on Giovanni Boccaccio's Genealogy of the Gentile Gods. His research focuses on the reception of classical antiquity in Boccaccio's early vernacular works and later Latin works. His research and teaching interests include the Italian lyric tradition, the novella, early Italian Humanism, allegory, reception theory, and literary translation. In addition to his research in medieval Italian literature, he has translated various contemporary Italian poets, including Andrea Zanzotto, Patrizia Valduga, Giovanni Raboni, and Valerio Magrelli.

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David Lummus
Assistant Professor of Italian
Yale University
Department of Italian Language and Literature
82-90 Wall Street, Room 411
P.O. Box 208311
New Haven, CT 06520-8311
e: David.Lummus@yale.edu
p: 203 432-8199
f: 203 432-2164