Peter E Bondanella

Peter E. Bondanella (1943–2017) was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Italian, Comparative Literature, and Film Studies at Indiana University. He earned a B.A. in French and Political Science from Davidson College (1966), an M.A. from Stanford University (1967), and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon (1970), later authoring influential books on Italian cinema, Renaissance literature, and literary theory such as *Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present* and *The Eternal City*. After teaching at Wayne State University, he joined Indiana University in 1972 and retired in 2007.