The Cambridge Companion to Petrarch / Edited by Albert Russell Ascoli, Unn Falkeid.

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Book

Contributor:

Ascoli, Albert Russell, 1953- editor.

Falkeid, Unn, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Cambridge Companions to Literature

Language:

English

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1 online resource (275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-1374), best known for his influential collection of Italian lyric poetry dedicated to his beloved Laura, was also a remarkable classical scholar, a deeply religious thinker and a philosopher of secular ethics. In this wide-ranging study, chapters by leading scholars view Petrarch's life through his works, from the epic Africa to the Letter to Posterity, from the Canzoniere to the vernacular epic Triumphi. Petrarch is revealed as the heir to the converging influences of classical cultural and medieval Christianity, but also to his great vernacular precursor, Dante, and his friend, collaborator and sly critic, Boccaccio. Particular attention is given to Petrach's profound influence on the Humanist movement and on the courtly cult of vernacular love poetry, while raising important questions as to the validity of the distinction between medieval and modern and what is lost in attempting to classify this elusive figure.

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ISBN:

9780511795008

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