Catherine Keen

Catherine Keen is Associate Professor in the Italian Department at UCL. She is currently Senior co-editor of the journal, Italian Studies . Her research interests cover Dante's Commedia and his minor works, especially relating to his thought on politics and exile, themes addressed in her monograph, Dante and the City (2003). She has also published on the early Italian lyric tradition, with a special interest in the poetry of Cino da Pistoia, and on translation and reception of classical...See more

Catherine Keen is Associate Professor in the Italian Department at UCL. She is currently Senior co-editor of the journal, Italian Studies . Her research interests cover Dante's Commedia and his minor works, especially relating to his thought on politics and exile, themes addressed in her monograph, Dante and the City (2003). She has also published on the early Italian lyric tradition, with a special interest in the poetry of Cino da Pistoia, and on translation and reception of classical literature in Duecento and Trecento Italy, particularly the works of Cicero and of Ovid. See less