Paolo Cherchi was born in Sardinia (Italy) on May 10, 1937. He obtained his laurea in lettere at the University of Cagliari (1962), specializing in “Filologia romanza”, and his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley (1966). He is an Emeritus Professor from the University of Chicago in the Department of Romance Languages where he taught from 1965 to 2003. His main interests are in Medieval and Renaissance literatures. Among his works are: Capitoli di critica cervantina (Rome, 1977), Enciclopedismo e politica della riscrittura: Tomaso Garzoni (Pisa, 1981), Andreas and the Ambiguity of Courtly Love (Toronto, 1994), Polimatia di riuso – Mezzo secolo di plagio: 1539-1589 (Roma, 1998), L’onestade e l’onesto raccontare di Boccaccio (Fiesole, 2004), Verso la chiusura. Saggio sul Canzoniere di Petrarca (Bologna, 2008), Il tramonto dell’onestade (Roma, 2016), Ignoranza ed erudizione. L’italia dei dogmi di fronte all’Europa scettica e critica (1500-1750) (Padova 2020). Has edited Tomaso Garzoni, Opere (Ravenna, 1994) and La Piazza universale di tutte le professioni del mondo (Turin, 1996). Has written about 400 essay mostly on Italian and Spanish literature. He has taught Italian Literature at the Università di Ferrara (2003-2009). He is “socio straniero” of the Accademia dei Lincei.
- Correo electrónico
- pcvv@midway.uchicago.edu