Gardens and Nature in Medieval Italy

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Italians and Italianists at Kalamazoo

Organizer Name

Marina Della Putta Johnston

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Pennsylvania

Presider Name

Marina Della Putta Johnston

Paper Title 1

Selva, Foresta, Giardino: Three Stages of a Poetic Program

Presenter 1 Name

Elisa Modolo

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Pennsylvania

Paper Title 2

Sowing in Tears: Petrarch’s Garden after Dante

Presenter 2 Name

Francesca Southerden

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Wellesley College

Paper Title 3

Cultivating Soul through Soil: Petrarch’s Care of the Self and Carthusian Horticultural Practices

Presenter 3 Name

Demetrio S. Yocum

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Paper Title 4

Earthly Gardens of Delight: Boccaccio's Response to Dante in Decameron III.1

Presenter 4 Name

Chelsea A. Pomponio

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Pennsylvania

Start Date

13-5-2012 10:30 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 1010