“He looks like he’s stepped out of a painting”: The idealisation and appropration of Italian timelessness through the experience of Romantic Love
Dr Francesca Pierini (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) Session 5.3: History and Romance This was an interesting (and at times quite amusing) session looking at a subset of English-language romance authors who set their stories Italy. Apparently there is a whole Thing where people with Italian ancestry seek their roots in Italy and the ‘fall in love […]