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PETRARCH FOR THE MODERN EAR, by the translator of a Dante edition that 'ranks with the very best available in English'.

Francesco Petrarch's Canzoniere (translated in English as 'Scattered Rhymes') is a collection of 14th century poems famed for their... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

"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 Sonnet 116 Petrarch was born in Tuscany and grew up in the south of France. He lived his... Read Full Overview

First published in 1991. It was the lyric poetry of Petrarch that popularized the sonnet in European literature, that set the standard for love poetry for centuries to follow. Compared to the large volume of prose, poetry and notes in Latin, the corpus of Petrarch's Italian... Read Full Overview

Il Canzoniere, meno comunemente conosciuto con il titolo originale in latino Rerum vulgarium fragmenta (o, comprensivo del nome dell'autore, Francisci Petrarchae laureati poetae Rerum vulgarium fragmenta, "Frammenti di componimenti in volgare di Francesco Petrarca, poeta coronato... Read Full Overview

Il Canzoniere ('Rime Sparsi') consta di 366 componimenti (il primo proemiale, poi uno per ogni giorno dell'anno) attraverso i quali il Petrarca ricostruisce la sua biografia sentimentale, poetica e spirituale. Ruolo essenziale nell'opera ha Laura, la donna amata dal poeta, dapprima... Read Full Overview

FRANCESCO PETRARCH: CANZONIERE

Edited by Thomas Campbell and Cassidy Hughes

Francesco Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-1374) is the supreme poet of love in the Western tradition, alongside poets such as Sappho and William Shakespeare... Read Full Overview

Among Europe's most famous and influential books of lyrics, this large collection focuses on Petrarch's lifelong love for the mysterious Laura, but the themes he treats are many. Showing why Petrarch is often regarded as the first modern man to emerge from a medieval world, this... Read Full Overview

Canzoniere

Apparu a peine un siecle apres le debut des premieres compositions en langue vulgaire, le Canzoniere de Petrarque (1304-1374) devait dominer la scene poetique europeenne tout entiere pendant pres de cinq siecles.Cette edition propose une traduction poetique complete du... Read Full Overview

Petrarch's characterization of the hapless lover has become an archetype of modern individualism. Indeed, in many of his poems on the pain and the bitter pleasure of love, we inevitably recognize a vivid and timely picture of ourselves. Humble sinner, aesthete, contemplative,... Read Full Overview