Petrarch : A Critical Guide to the Complete Works, Paperback by Kirkham, Vict...
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Petrarch : A Critical Guide to the Complete Works, Paperback by Kirkham, Vict.... Petrarch : A Critical Guide to the Complete Works, Paperback by Kirkham, Victoria (EDT); Maggi, Armando (EDT), ISBN 0226437426, ISBN-13 9780226437422, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Although Francesco Petrarca (1304&;74) is best known today for cementing the sonnet&;s place in literary history, he was also a philosopher, historian, orator, and one of the foremost classical scholars of his age. Petrarch: A Critical Guide to the Complete Works is the only comprehensive, single-volume source to which anyone&;scholar, student, or general reader&;can turn for information on each of Petrarch&;s works, its place in the poet&;s oeuvre, and a critical exposition of its defining features. A sophisticated but accessible handbook that illuminates Petrarch&;s love of classical culture, his devout Christianity, his public celebrity, and his struggle for inner peace, this encyclopedic volume covers both Petrarch&;s Italian and Latin writings and the various genres in which he excelled: poem, tract, dialogue, oration, and letter. A biographical introduction and chronology anchor th, making Petrarch an invaluable resource for specialists in Italian, comparative literature, history, classics, religious studies, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.
