Background

Ricardo Quinones was born on July 9, 1935 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

In 1957 Ricardo received Bachelor of Arts at Northwestern University. Then he became Doctor of Philosophy in comparative literature at Harvard University.

Career

Since 1963 Ricardo works in Claremont McKenna College as an assistant professor, became associate professor beginning in 1963 till 1975, then he became a professor of English and comparative literature and chairperson of literature department in 1977-1980.

Then Ricardo was a visiting professor at City University of New York graduate center in 1970-1971, and later a visiting fellow at Villaci Tatti in Florence, Italy, in 1981.

Achievements

• Ricardo is famous mostly for his books "The Renaissance Discovery of Time", "Dante Alighieri", "Mapping Literary Modernism: Time and Development", and "The Changes of Cain: Violence and the Lost Brother in Cain and Abel Literature."

Works

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  • The Changes of Cain 1991
  • Dualisms: The Agons of the Modern World 2007
  • Erasmus and Voltaire: Why They Still Matter 2015
  • North/South: The Great European Divide 2016
  • The Renaissance Discovery of Time (Study in Comparative Literature) 1972
  • Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's (Penn State Studies in Romance Literatures) 1994
  • Dante Alighieri 1998
  • Mapping Literary Modernism (Princeton Legacy Library) 2014
  • VIEWS OF TIME IN SHAKESPEARE 1965

Membership

• Renaissance Society of America

• Dante Society of America

• Modern Language Association