Ugo Foscolo's Tragic Vision in Italy and England

‘This study contains much to be recommended…. There is a laudable attempt to discuss the tragedies as vital pieces for stage, rather than sterile texts that ‘slumber in the libraries’.’

Paul Howard, Modern Language Review vol 111:03:2016

“While many scholars have written in piecemeal fashion about the three tragedies Foscolo wrote, Walsh is the first to demonstrate their intrinsic worth as well as their evolving role in Foscolo’s career. This is a well-researched book that leaves no stone unturned.”
Clorinda Donato, George L. Graziadio Chair of Italian Studies, California State University, Long Beach

“Erudite and well informed, Rachel A. Walsh’s study of Ugo Foscolo the tragedian tackles a seriously understudied subject that is eminently worthy of more scholarly attention, both because of its important place in the literary output of one of Italy’s most important writers and because of its visceral link to issues of Italian identity in the period leading up to the Risorgimento.”
Joseph Luzzi, Italian Studies Program, Bard College