Robert Wilson

School of Modern Languages, Italian, Buchanan Building, Union St, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, UK

Mediaeval Italian literature, especially Dante.

20th century and Contemporary Italian detective fiction.

PhB, Gregorian University, Rome; MA, University of Glasgow; PGCE, St Andrews College,Bearsden; PhD University of Glasgow

Purgatorio XXIX
Wilson, R. P., Feb 2020, Lectura Dantis Bononiensis . Pasquini, E. & Galli, C. (eds.). Bologna: Bononia University Press, Vol. 9. p. 49-68 20 p. (Lectura Dantis Bononiensis).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
‘Would you Adam and Eve it?’
Wilson, R. P., Dec 2016, Vertical readings in Dante's Comedy. Corbett, G. & Webb, H. (eds.). Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, Vol. 2. p. 31-53 22 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Allegory as avoidance in Dante’s early commentators: ‘bella menzogna’ to ‘roza corteccia’
Wilson, R. P., 2013, Interpreting Dante: Essays on the Traditions of Dante Commentary. Nasti, P. & Rossignoli, C. (eds.). University of Notre Dame Press, p. 30-52 (The William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature; vol. 13).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
'Quando Amor mi spira': Inspiration and Art in Purgatorio
Wilson, R. P., 2013, Nature and Art in Dante: Literary and Theological Essays. O'Connell, D. & Petrie, J. (eds.). Dublin: Four Courts Press, p. 51-76 26 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Prophecies and Prophecy in Dante's Commedia
Wilson, R. P., 2008, Leo S. Olschki Editore. 226 p. (Biblioteca dell' "Archivum Romanicum". Serie I: Storia, letteratura, paleografia; vol. 346)
Research output: Book/Report › Book

Costruzione poetica di una voce profetica in Dante
Wilson, R. P. (Speaker)
11 Nov 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Leggere Dante oggi (Tavola rotonda)
Wilson, R. P. (Speaker)
24 May 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Lectura Dantis Bononiensis 2017. Purgatorio, canto XXIX
Wilson, R. P. (Speaker)
15 May 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Paradiso Canto XII
Wilson, R. P. (Speaker)
21 Apr 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Lectura Dantis Andreapolitana (25) Paradiso 11-14
Wilson, R. P. (Organiser)
21 Apr 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public lecture/debate/seminar

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