Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history, art, and literature.

Cristina Mazzoni is Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Vermont. In addition to numerous articles in scholarly journals, she is the author of Saint Hysteria, Maternal Impressions, The Voices of Gemma Galgani (with Rudolph Bell), and The Women in God's Kitchen.

Introduction; Part I. The Capitoline She-Wolf: 1. Antiquity; 2. Middle Ages and Renaissance; 3. Modern and contemporary times; Part II. Writing about the She-Wolf: 4. Antiquity; 5. Middle Ages and Renaissance; 6. Modern and contemporary times; Part III. The She-Wolf in Art: 7. Antiquity; 8. Middle Ages and Renaissance; 9. Modern and contemporary times; Conclusion: the live wolves of Rome.