Massimo Ciavolella

Massimo Ciavolella studied at the Universities of Bologna, Rome, and British Columbia, where he received his Ph.D. in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He taught at Carleton University and at the University of Toronto before becoming Director of the UCLA Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He was the co-founder and co-editor (1970-91) of "Quaderni d'italianistica," and he is currently co-editor of the Carleton Renaissance Plays in Translation Series and of the University of...See more

Massimo Ciavolella studied at the Universities of Bologna, Rome, and British Columbia, where he received his Ph.D. in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He taught at Carleton University and at the University of Toronto before becoming Director of the UCLA Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. He was the co-founder and co-editor (1970-91) of "Quaderni d'italianistica," and he is currently co-editor of the Carleton Renaissance Plays in Translation Series and of the University of Toronto Press's Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library. In addition to many articles, he has written and co-edited several books, including "Saturn from Antiquity to the Renaissance"; "Scrittori, tendenze letterarie e conflitto delle poetiche in Italia (1960-1990)"; "Ariosto Today: Contemporary Perspectives"; "Culture and Authority in the Baroque"; and, among the eight co-publications he shares with Donald Beecher, two critical editions of Jacques Ferrand's "A Treatise on Lovesickness," one in English, the other in French. See less