Education
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Italy, 1983. Master of Arts, Rutgers University, 1984. AM, Harvard University, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1989.
literature and language educator
Laurea, University of Rome "La Sapienza," Italy, 1983. Master of Arts, Rutgers University, 1984. AM, Harvard University, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1989.
Teaching Fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986-1988, Lecturer, 1989-1990. Assistant Professor University Macerata, Italy, 1991-1998. Associate Professor University Cassino, Italy, 1998-2005. Professor, University of Macerata, Italy, since 2005.
Author: La scrittura sconfitta, 1986, Il seme delle piramidi, 1995. Editor, translator: America puritana (Sacvan Bercovitch), 1992, Lettere a Hawthorne (Herman Melville), 1994, Cartismo (Thomas Carlyle), 1999, The Black Riders (Selections, Stephen Crane), 2004, Bartleby (Herman Melville), 2009, Wakefield (Nathaniel Hawthorne), 2013. Contributor articles to critical collections and professional journals.
With Italian Army, 1978-1979. Member Modern Language Association, World Phenomenology Institute, American Studies Association, Melville Society, Associazione Italiana Studi Nord-Americani, European Association American Studies, International Association American Studies, Carlyle Society.