The Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library is an organic collection of Italian texts translated into English. Its role is to make available a series of one hundred works by Italian authors who have made significant literary, philosophical, juridical, and historical contributions to the world of international culture.
- Works currently unavailable in English or available in inadequate translations
- Works by authors who have contributed to the dialogue between Anglo-American and Italian cultures
- Works by Italian humanists that have influenced Anglo-American letters
- Works by non-Italian authors which have been instrumental in affecting the image of Italy in the world
The Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library is intended for both the specialist and general readership.
I shall therefore speak of things…of such singular interest that will instruct in some way, or at least entertain, without being tiresome.