Mario Praz (1896-1982). Born in Rome, Professor at the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, Knight of the British Empire and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universities of Cambridge and the Sorbonne, Praz was a specialist in art and literature. From his extensive bibliography, it is worth highlighting Neoclassical Gusto, The House of Life, and The Meat, Death and the Devil in Romantic Literature (Acantilado, 1999).