John Louis DiGaetani

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John Louis DiGaetani is a Professor of English at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.

He received his BA from the University of Illinois, his MA from Northern Illinois University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

DiGaetani's interests include modern British literature, modern American literature, opera, and the connections between literature and music. He is also director of Hofstra's London Program.

He is author of:

• Penetrating Wagner's "Ring"
• Richard Wagner and the Modern British Novel
• An Invitation to the Opera
• Puccini the Thinker
• A Search for a Postmodern Theater: Interviews with Contemporary Playwrights
• Inside the Ring: Essays on Wagner's Opera Cycle
• Wagner and Suicide
• A Companion to Piradello Studies
• Carlo Gozzi: A Life