Stefano Rapisarda (born 1961; B.A. in Modern Literatures, Università di Catania 1986; M. A. in “Theory and Practice of Literary Translation”, Università “La Sapienza” di Roma 1992; Ph.D in “Linguistic and literary Science”, Ministero della Università e Ricerca Scientifica 1996) works at the University of Catania, Faculty of Arts and Humanities. At the present time he is Ricercatore confermato and Professore Aggregato of “Literature and Philology in Medieval Sicily”.
Main Interests: Romance Medieval Poetry – Medieval Divination – Cultural Relationships between Western and Arabic World in Middle Ages - Medieval Encyclopedias, Books of Medicine, Books of Secrets, Books of Divination, 'libri di bottega' - Mediterranean Medieval Literature - History of Philology - Representations of the Middle Ages in Film.
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