Silvia Riccardi

Dr. Silvia Riccardi is a Postdoctoral Fellow (on leave) at Humlab, Umeå University. Her research bridges literature, art history, and interdisciplinary studies, focusing on Romanticism, Dante studies, and William Blake's works.

• Primary Affiliation: Humlab, Umeå University
• Academic Role: Research Fellow (Postdoctoral)

Research Interests:

• Dark Romanticism and its intersection with visual culture
• Dante Alighieri's influence on Romantic artists and writers
• William Blake's manuscripts and poetic symbolism
• Classical reception in Romantic-era Europe
• Gender dynamics in literary and artistic metamorphoses

Publication Trends: Her work explores the embodiment of literary themes in art, analyzing Dante's Inferno through Fuseli and Blake, Blake's interplay with classical texts like Ovid, and manuscript studies of Blake's works. Key themes include visual metaphors, transhumanism, and cross-disciplinary interpretations of Romanticism.

Collaborations: She has co-authored works with Paolo Bugliani on Dante's impact on Samuel Taylor Coleridge.