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Francesco Petrarch
THIS TRANSLATION makes available for the first time to English-speaking readers Petrarch’s earliest and perhaps most important collection of prose letters. They were written for the most part between 1325…
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Aldo Bernardo and his collaborators extend the translation project begun with the Familiares to the letter collection of Petrarch’s old age, the Seniles. In these 128 letters, most of which…
Francesco Petrarca
The first English translation of Petrarch's Psalms and Prayers provides an intimate look at the personal devotions of the "Father of Humanism."
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Francesco Petrarca,Francesco Petrarch
The focus of this large collection is Petrarch’s lifelong love for the mysterious Laura, but the themes he treats are many and various. This verse translation of the whole of…
Secretum - Petrarch’s best-known work in Latin - is a fascinating and pioneering example of the autobiographical genre.
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A new verse translation of the poems of Petrarch, tanslated from the Italian. A world classic.
This entirely new translation includes Petrarch’s short autobiographical prose works, The Letter to Posterity and The Ascent of Mount Ventoux, and a selection of twenty-seven poems from the Canzoniere, Petrarch’s…
A collection of 70 of the poems excluded from the Canzoniere in English prose translation with the facing original Italian. Includes an introduction by the editor/translator, a select bibliography, and…
In Petrarch’s hands, lyric verse was transformed from an expression of courtly devotion into a way of conversing with one’s own heart and mind. David Slavitt renders the sonnets in…
Durling’s edition of Petrarch’s poems has become the standard. Readers have praised the translation of the authoritative text as graceful and accurate, conveying a real understanding of what this difficult…
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Petrarch’s Canzoniere, often also known as the Rime Sparse, lies at the heart of his achievement: it comprises 366 poems about love, written in Italian and worked on right up…
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This updated edition of Jacob Zeitlin's 1924 English translation of The Life of Solitude restructures and numbers the text to make it consistent with the best available scholarly editions. The…
This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in…
AT SOME POINT in January or early February of 1347, Petrarch briefly visited the remote Carthusian monastery of Montrieux, where, four years before, his beloved brother, Gherardo, had pledged himself…
This book is a collection of essays and letters by the Italian poet and scholar Francesco Petrarca. It examines the human condition and our place in the natural world, and…
Francesco 1304-1374 Petrarca
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Professor Francesco Petrarca
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 was reproduced from the…
Francesco Petrarca Dante Alighieri
Dante, Petrarch, Camoens: CXXIV Sonnets presents a collection of sonnets from some of the most celebrated poets of the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish tradition. Each sonnet is presented with its…
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This is not an ordinary book of poetry. The pages within this book offer a deep spiritual insight into the most common sickness of all–a broken heart. We all have…
Petrarch's Letters to Classical Authors is a collection of letters written by the renowned Italian poet and scholar Francesco Petrarca, also known as Petrarch. The book was originally published in…
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…
Mario Emilio Cosenza,Francesco Petrarca
Publisher: The University of Chicago press Publication date: 1910 Subjects: Poets, Latin Literary Criticism / Ancient
Francesco Petrarca,Mario Emilio Cosenza
