Mario Praz - Bibliography

Literary critic and writer, born in Rome, Latium, Italy. He lectured in Italian at Liverpool and Manchester universities (1923–34) and then in English Literature at Rome University (1934–66). He wrote essays on English literature (Secentismo e marinismo in Inghilterra, 1925; La crisi dell'eroe nel romanzo vittoriano, 1952) and comparative literature (La carne, la morte e il diavolo nella letteratura romantica, 1930) and the relationship between art and literature (Il giardino dei sensi, 1975).

Mario Praz (September 6, 1896, Rome, Italy - March 23, 1982, Rome) was an Italian-born critic of art and literature. His best-known book, the 'Romantic Agony', was a comprehensive survey of the erotic and morbid themes that characterized European authors of the late 18th and 19th centuries.

He taught English literature at the University of Rome, from 1934 to his retirement in 1966.

He was admired by the French biographer and decadent critic, Philippe Jullian.

Bibliography

The Romantic Agony (1930).