Poets of Divine Love: Franciscan Mystical Poetry of the Thirteenth Century

by Alessandro Vettori

St. Francis of Assisi (c. 1181-1226) and Jacopone da Todi (c.1236-1306) were but two exemplars of a rich school of mystical poets writing in Umbria in the Franciscan religious tradition. Their powerful creations form a significant corpus of medieval Italian vernacular poetry only now being fully explored.Drawing on a wide range of literary, historical, linguistic, and anthropological approaches, Vettori crafts an innovative portrait of the artists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823223256
• ISBN13: 9780823223251
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"