Gilbert L. Gigliotti (born 7 November 1961) is a Professor of early American literature in the English Department at

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, where he has taught since 1992. He earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (Latin, Greek, and English) at

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(1992). Gigliotti's dissertation, entitled "''Musae Americanae'': The

Neo-Latin Neo-LatinSidwell, Keith ''Classical Latin-Medieval Latin-Neo Latin'' in ; others, throughout. (also known as New Latin and Modern Latin) is the style of written Latin used in original literary, scholarly, and scientific works, first in Italy d ...

Poetry of Colonial and Revolutionary America," remains the only book-length examination of neo-Latin poetic practice in Anglo-American culture. He has written articles and reviews on a variety of early American Neo-Latin subjects, including farmer/poet John Beveridge and early American Puritan elegies. At CCSU, Gigliotti teaches a variety of early American authors, including The Connecticut Wits,

Anne Bradstreet Anne Bradstreet (née Dudley; March 8, 1612 – September 16, 1672) was among the most prominent of early English poets of North America and the first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Puritan ...

Edward Taylor Edward Taylor (1642 – June 29, 1729) was a colonial American poet, pastor and physician of English origin. His work remained unpublished for some 200 years but since then has established him as one of the foremost writers of his time. His p ...

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, and

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. He produces Central Authors, the university's television series featuring faculty, staff, and alumni/ae speaking about their publications. Gigliotti has authored two books on Frank Sinatra, hosts a weekly radio program on WFCS, curated exhibits of Sinatra memorabilia at several libraries throughout central Connecticut, and speaks about the singer/actor/entertainer to civic, service, and social clubs. He has taught a course on Sinatra in literature, as well. His work is part of a sustained academic interest in the cultural importance of Sinatra that has been well documented in many media outlets, including

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and

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. Other publications examine

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's 16th-century neo-Latin poem ''Syphilis'', American poet

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, and

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in early America,.The Vicious Cycle of Abundance and Want: An Edition and Translation of Louis Rou’s A Prospect of Chess-Play and Chess-Players. ''Modern Language Studies''. 34 (Fall 2004): 8-15 and “Chess History: Episode 11 – The First Known Chessplayers in the Future U.S.” ''Chess Life'' 58.12 (December 2003): 32. Co-authored with John McCrary.

Books

*''Ava Gardner: Touches of Venus'' Entasis Press, 2010 *Foreword to David Lloyd's ''The Gospel According to Frank'' New American Press, 2009 *''Sinatra: But Buddy I'm a Kind of Poem'' Entasis Press, 2008 *''A Storied Singer: Frank Sinatra as Literary Conceit''

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, 2002

References

External links

Gigliotti's faculty page at Central Connecticut State

''Central Authors''
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