Deborah Parker standing in a blurred hallway
Deborah Parker, Ph.D
Dr. Parker (Professor of Italian) has written six books, received numerous awards and served as Chair of the Department of Spanish, Italian and Art and has been Professor of It.
Deborah Parker sitting on a bench in a room with painted walls
Research
Dr. Parker is known for work on Dante, Michelangelo, Bronzino, film criticism, her award-winning website The World of Dante, and for journalistic pieces on a broad variety of topics.
Dr. Parker received her Ph.D in Romance Languages from Harvard University.
Education
Dr. Parker received her Ph.D in Romance Languages from Harvard University.
Dr. Parker teaches a variety of courses on Italian art, language and culture.
Teaching
Dr. Parker teaches a variety of courses on Italian art, language and culture.

“Depicts the career of this great scholar of manuscripts and early printed books through Greene’s letters, mainly to her mentor and lover Bernard Berenson, while also providing insightful connecting commentary. The result makes for compelling reading on multiple levels, not least for its evocation of the last years of the Gilded Age.”―Michael Dirda, Washington Post

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