Love and Death in Renaissance Italy (review)
finally, there are attempts to characterize daily life in the city. But the stories are uneven. Some simply retell famous tales while others are unusual, but it is not always clear why they are being told. And finally, the vignettes range from the late fifteenth to the late eighteenth centuries. The short tales are enjoyable and the writing style is often engaging, but the result is neither a complete, nor a clear, picture of the lost Rome they mean to evoke. DUANE J. OSHEIM University of Virginia