Biasin, Gian-Paolo
BIASIN, Gian-Paolo
BIASIN, Gian-Paolo. Italian, b. 1933. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Anthropology/Ethnology. Career: Professor of Italian, University of California, Berkeley. Professor, University of Texas, Austin, 1973-81. Assistant Professor, 1964-67, and Associate Professor of Romance Studies, 1967-73, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Publications: The Smile of the Gods: A Thematic Analysis of C. Pavese's Works, 1968; Literary Diseases: Theme and Metaphor in the Italian Novel, 1975; Italian Literary Icons, 1985; Montale, Debussy and Modernism, 1989; The Flavors of Modernity: Food and the Novel, 1993. Address: Italian Studies Dept., University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.
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