Speaking Spirits Ventriloquizing the Dead in Renaissance Italy

"[Speaking Spirits] is clearly written and generous with lengthy quotations and translations...this work is most relevant to Italianists. But even the general reader will find the work’s capsule authorial autobiographies, literary backstories, and glimpses into peculiar concerns of Renaissance authors of interest. "

‘With a wealth of material to sustain the focus of her exploration and the clarity of style in which she presents the fruit of her research, Roush’s most recent volume merits a place on the shelf of any Renaissance or Medieval Italianst’s library.’

‘Roush’s rich study adds much to our understanding of the dynamics of literary authority, showing how authors can simultaneously worship their forbears while exploiting their power to sometimes contrary ends.’