Edward M. Anderson, PhD (Cantab)
Lecturer in Classical Studies & Italian | Rice University
Main research interests
Italian Renaissance literature (epic romance and lyric), Baroque musical poetry, musical appropriation of canonical Italian literary works, the poetics of delight, court and public spectacle.
* further details: http://lang.rice.edu/ITAL/faculty.html#Anderson
Office: 230 Rayzor Hall
Phone: 713 . 348 . 4373
Email: edward.m.anderson@rice.edu
Fall 2008 Courses
ITAL 101.003 — Introduction to Italian Language and Culture
ITAL 201.001 — Intermediate Italian: Language, Literature, & Regions
ITAL 249.001 (directed reading) — Special Topics in Italian Language, Literature and Music
* further details: http://lang.rice.edu/ITAL/italian.html#course_prospectus
Spring 2009 Courses
HUMA 102 — Literature, Philosophy & History: Renaissance - present
CLAS/MUSI 230 — Greek and Roman Sources in Opera
Fall 2009 Courses
ITAL 201- Intermediate Italian: Language and Culture
ITAL 320- Contemporary Italy: Culture and Community
Publications
book proposal: Ariosto in Italian Opera — evolution in the poetics of delight (submitted)
article — 'Autorità and meraviglia in early seventeenth-century Italian musical drama' (submitted)
article — 'The poetics of gallimaufry and Ariostean musical-dramatic spectacle — 1637-1682' (submitted)
article — 'Ariosto in Arcadia and the decadence of reform' (submitted)
translations of Italian, French, and German classical song and aria texts into English for the musical programs of the New York Philharmonic, the Ravinia Festival, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Aspen Music Festival, and Carnegie Hall
Education
PhD University of Cambridge (2008)
Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages / Department of Italian
dissertation: Of Ariosto's legacy in seventeenth-century Italian musical drama
Supervisor — Serena Professor Emeritus Patrick Boyde FBA
Internal Examiner — Dr Abigail Brundin
External Examiner — Professor Brian Richardson FBA (University of Leeds)
MA Middlebury College (1990)
Italian Language and Literature
thesis: ‹ Voi che sapete che cosa è amor › — intenzioni bembiane negli Asolani
AB University of California at Berkeley (1987)
History (major) & French (minor)
Honors / Awards / Positions
Lecturer in Classical Studies & Italian ~ Rice University (2006 – )
Visiting Scholar ~ American Academy in Rome ~ doctoral dissertation research in residence (December 2005)
President of the (350) Graduates ~ St John’s College in the University of Cambridge (2003 – 2004)
Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship ~ University of Cambridge ~ PhD research grant (2001 – 2004)
Overseas Research Student Award ~ University of Cambridge ~ PhD research grant (2001 – 2004)
Director of Art Song & Vocal Chamber Performance ~ Aspen Music Festival and School (Summers 2003 & 2004)
Agent Lyrique, Résponsable Théâtres Parisiens et Étrangères ~ Organisation Internationale Artistique, Paris (1996-1999)
Associate Artist Manager ~ Columbia Artists Management Inc., New York (1994-1995)
A. Bartlett Giamatti Prize Fellowship ~ Yale University ~ for outstanding achievement in the humanities (June 1990)
Yale Fellowship ~ Yale University ~ research grant (April 1990)
Merlino-Mezzoterro Award ~ Middlebury College ~ for excellence in Italian literature (August 1988)