Classic McLaughlin
I was in Oxford yesterday for the memorial event held in honour of the great Italianist, Martin McLaughlin. That description, ‘great Italianist’, does not in fact do justice to his greatness, even though the pinnacle of his academic career was as Serena-Agnelli Professor of the language and its literatures at the University of Oxford. His greatness — as became clear at this event — lay also in his breadth which could not be confined within one…
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bonæ litteræ: occasional writing from David Rundle, Renaissance scholar
Classic McLaughlinI was in Oxford yesterday for the memorial event held in honour of the great Italianist, Martin McLaughlin. That description, ‘great Italianist’, does not in fact do justice to his greatness, even …