Biography
Joseph Romano is a PhD candidate in the department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. His dissertation, “Steryngs” of the Will: Issues of Volition in Late 14th Century English Literature, develops a literary history of the will and desire in Middle English poetry and contemplative texts. His research also focuses on Dante and his reception of scholasticism, especially as related to questions of love, passion, soul and body. His essay, “Passion and Passionless Love in Dante: from Epistola 3 to the Commedia” is forthcoming in Dante and the Sciences of the Human (Palgrave-Macmillan), edited by Matteo Pace.
