{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-petrarch-paperback-9780521185042","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Petrarch (Paperback) 9780521185042","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Petrarch\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn account of the life and works of Petrarch, scholar and poet, and his influence on European literature and culture.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlbert Russell Ascoli (Edited by), Unn Falkeid (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521185042, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 24 November 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e275 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePetrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304–74), 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Albert Russell Ascoli and Unn Falkeid\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Lives of Petrarch: 1. Poetry in motion Theodore J. Cachey, Jr\u003cbr\u003e 2. Petrarch and his friends Hannah Chapelle Wojciehowski\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Petrarch's Works: Italian: 3. Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta: structure and narrative Peter Hainsworth\u003cbr\u003e 4. Making the Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta Luca Marcozzi\u003cbr\u003e 5. Petrarch's Singular Love Lyric Ullrich Langer\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Triumphi Zygmunt G. Bara?ski\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Petrarch's Works: Latin: 7. The Latin hexameter works Ronald L. Martinez\u003cbr\u003e 8. The defense of poetry in the Secretum Victoria Kahn\u003cbr\u003e 9. De Vita Solitaria and De Otio Religioso: the perspective of the guest Unn Falkeid\u003cbr\u003e 10. Epistolary Petrarch Albert Russell Ascoli\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Petrarch's Interlocutors: 11. Petrarch and the Ancients Gur Zak\u003cbr\u003e 12. Petrarch and the vernacular Lyric past Olivia Holmes\u003cbr\u003e 13. Petrarch's adversaries: the Invectives David Marsh\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Petrarch's Afterlife: 14. Petrarch and the Humanists Timothy Kircher\u003cbr\u003e 15. Bembo and Italian Petrarchism Stefano Jossa\u003cbr\u003e 16. Female Petrarchists Ann Rosalind Jones\u003cbr\u003e 17. Spanish, French, and English Petrarchism William J. Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Conclusion: 18. Petrarch's confrontation with modernity Giuseppe Mazzotta\u003cbr\u003e Guide to further reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000258056472,"sku":"9780521185042","price":23.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521185042i_b144e164-9363-4fc6-b20f-e5c577c709bb.jpg?v=1691373384","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-petrarch-paperback-9780521185042","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}