| Aretino''s Dialogues Dialogues the first erotic book in the Christian world to be written in the common vernacular, it was but one of the few to describe the obscenity of commercial love, and is thus a cornerstone of both Italian literature and Counter-Renaissance vigour. Rosenthal Raymond : The late Raymond Rosenthal (1915-1995) was a world-renowned translator of Italian literature.Rosenthal Margaret : Margaret Rosenthal is an associate professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Southern California. |