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The paper attempts to demonstrate that Villari's history was quite different from the one described by Giovanni Gentile in his book on 'Tuscan culture during the XIXth century'. Yet it was subject to harsh criticism by the historiography of neo-idealism, both within the anti-positivistic dispute by Benedetto Croce, and because Villari was seen as a "neo-piagnone", inspired. The Storia di Girolamo Savonarola e dei suoi tempi by Pasquale Villari is still today, for its documentation and interpretation, indispensable for the scholars of the great preacher and of his period. He is the author of The English Common Reader, Lives and Letters, To Be in England, Victorian Studies in Scarlet, Victorian People and Ideas, The Shows of London, Paintings from Books, and Deadly Encounters as well as numerous essays on English literature and culture. Altick is Regent's Professor Emeritus of English at The Ohio State University. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, and many others surrender previously unrevealed secrets to these dogged researchers, whose ceaseless sleuthing has increased our knowledge and appreciation of both literature and the people who created it.

From the exposure of British rare book dealer Thomas Wise—the most famous authority of his day—as a master forger of first editions to the discovery of thousands of new James Boswell papers, Altick shows the scholar at work. His book, then, as popular reading is first-rate, solid, rewarding, and livelyâ€? —The Nation “a brisk, well-written bookâ€? —Time “This is a volume of gracefully written essays celebrating the feats of literary detective work performed by scores of learned men and women passionately in love with the minutiae of literary scholarships.â€? —The New York Times “a more fascinating recital than any fictional mystery story, and its detectives are, it leads us to believe, more interesting in themselves—they are not mousy researchers—than fictional private eyesâ€? —The Boston Globe Richard Altick's classic portrayal of scholars on the prowl has delighted generations of readers. â€Å∺ carefully detailed but by no means dull account of the more dignified pursuit of detection as practiced by literary scholars.â€? —Kirkus Reviews â€Å∺lthough [Altick' sensibly mentions that research may be a misadventure, he naturally enough plays up its glamour and romance and its fascination for the scholar is transmitted to the reader.