Maria Elisa Montironi is an Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Urbino, Carlo Bo. Her research interests include dramatic literature, Shakespeare and early modern studies, literary reception, and intercultural studies. Her publications feature a monograph on the political reception of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, a book on female characters by contemporary women playwrights, as well as essays and articles on Shakespeare and his afterlife, early modern drama, and intercultural literary reception.Her recent works include a co-edited collection of essays on Shakespeare and advertising (Routledge, 2024) and a chapter on feminist legacies in the works of contemporary female playwrights (Bloomsbury, 2025).