Background

Freccero, John was born on July 25, 1931 in New York City.

Education

AB, Johns Hopkins University, 1952. Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy in Italian, Johns Hopkins University, 1958.

Career

Instructor Italian Johns Hopkins University, 1959-1959, assistant professor, 1959-1961, associate professor, 1961-1963. With Cornell University, 1963-1969, professor, 1966-1969. Member faculty Yale University, 1969-1979.

Rosina Pierotti professor of Italian literature Stanford University, since 1979, chairman department comparative literature, from 1982, director Italian program department French and Italian.

Works

• book

  • Dante: The Poetics of Conversion

    ( John Freccero enables us to see the Divine Comedy for ...)

  • Dante: The Poetics of Conversion Reprint edition by Freccero, John (1988) Paperback
  • Dante: the poetics of conversion
  • (Dante: The Poetics of Conversion) Author: John Freccero published on (July, 1988)

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers Italian.

Connections

4 children.