Books and Interviews
This page provides some of my publications and interviews I have done related to them.
Matteo Bandello’s Romeo and Juliet a New English Translation by Michael Curtotti Parallel English-Italian Edition
From the writer whose story that inspired the play, Matteo Bandello’s Romeo and Juliet is told by an master storyteller who knew Verona and the world that Romeo and Juliet came from personally. His story has a few surprises. This edition has the texts both in the original Italian and in English translation. The accompanying introduction and backmatter gives further background and helps readers compare the Shakespeare and Bandello versions of the story.
Matteo Bandello’s Romeo and Juliet a New English Translation by Michael Curtotti
This is the English only version of the same work. You can preview the English text through the image below.
This book can also be purchased from other bookstores via this link.
Interview with Lawrence Gianangeli of the Italian Renaissance Podcast
Lawrence Gianangeli of the fantastic Italian Renaissance podcast talk Bandello, Romeo and Juliet and how the story got to England!
Italian Sources Talking Romeo e Giulietta with Michael Curtotti – Don’t Quill the Messenger
A wide ranging conversation with Steven Sabel of the Don’t Quill the Messenger podcast in which we do a deep dive into Bandello’s Romeo and Juliet, including readings from my translation and explorations of what we can learn about Shakespeare by reading the version that Matteo Bandello gave us. Steven Sabel’s podcast is one of the best podcasts on the Shakespeare authorship question.
https://www.dragonwagonradio.com/dontquillthemessenger/2023/12/29/italian-sources
An Interview with Francesco Ricatti: Matteo Bandello’s Romeo and Juliet
In this interview with Professor Francesco Ricatti of the Australian National University, we discuss Matteo Bandello’s life and explore insights into his Romeo and Juliet.
Luigi Capuana’s Il Drago translated into English by Michael Curtotti
This delightful tale takes us to Sicily at the end of the 19th century. An old man and two young orphans transform each others lives as their lives unexpectedly intersect.
Ten Lives Declaring Human Rights
A journey into the history of human rights, told through the lives and struggles of those who gave them to us including Martin Luther King, Bartolome de las Casas, Tahirih, Lucretia Mott, and others.
Other Works
“Dante Under the Southern Cross: 2021: Australian Reflections for the 700th Anniversary of the Passing of Dante Alighieri” Michael Curtotti (editor)
“Dante and His Influence in Australia” (2020) Michael Curtotti
“Religion and Martin Luther King’s Human Rights Advocacy” (book chapter, which republishes articles on Martin Luther King which I originally published here) appeared in Eaman Doyle (ed), The Role of Religion in Public Policy, New Haven Publishing, 2019
Identity, Feminism, Race and Human Emancipation. An unpublished paper presented at the Post Feminist, Post Theory, Post Critique? Workshop held in May 2015 at the Australian National University
Michael Curtotti and Emrys Nekvapil, Do Foreigners Have the Same Human Rights As the Rest of Us? , July 2011
Emrys Nekvapil, Why Global Citizenship, April 2011
Michael Curtotti, The Abolition of Foreignness, December 2008