The Poetry of Petrarch

by Francesco Petrarca

Book Overview

"David Young's version of Petrarch will refresh our images of the West's crucial lyric poet. We are given a Petrarch in our own vernacular, with echoes of Wyatt, Shakespeare, and many who come after." --Harold Bloom

Ineffable sweetness, bold, uncanny sweetness
that came to my eyes from her lovely face;
from that day on I'd willingly have closed them,
never to gaze again at lesser beauties.
--from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374529612
• ISBN13: 9780374529611
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"