Petrarch in English

by Francesco Petrarca and Thomas P. Roche Jr.

Franceso Petrarch (1304-1374), creator of the sonnet form, remained for more than three hundred years the most influential poet in Europe, his works more widely read than even those of Dante. This collection contains English language versions of his poems from across six centuries, in a wide variety of translations and reinterpretations. Spanning the Trionfi series and the Canzoniere - Petrarch's empassioned sonnet-sequence concerning his beloved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140434488
• ISBN13: 9780140434484
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"