Dear Colleagues,
Inspired by all the self-introductions, many by old friends on both sides of
the Atlantic, it's time for me to come out of the woodwork. My name is
Jeffrey T. Schnapp, and I ordinarily teach Italian and Comparative
Literature at Stanford University, (though I'm currently a senior fellow at
the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery
of Art in Washington). My publications are evenly split between medieval
studies (Dante, Boccaccio, Hildegard von Bingen, etc.) and 19th/20th
century studies (D'Annunzio, Marinetti, Bontempelli, cultural politics and
visual culture during the Ventennio, etc.). At CASVA, I'm beginning to put
together a critical biography of Marinetti, though I'm also actively working
on a short book entitled CRASH, concerned with the culture of thrill and
velocity from 18th century carriages through 20th century cars and
airplanes (De Quincey to Warhol and Ballard). Less a traditional italianist
or comparatist than someone who works in the interstices between art
history, literature, and cultural history, I also have a long term project
going concerned with 19th/20th century fantasies about modern
materials: steel (Zola et al.), glass (Terragni/Scheerbart/Taut), synthetic
fabrics (Marinetti/Folgore), plastics (Queneau/Nathaniel West). Needless
to say, suggestions or pointers on any of the above are welcome.
Congratulations to Otfried and George for setting up this list: an excellent
thing.
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