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  • Canzoniere

    by Petrarch ...
    "Mark Musa, in editing and translating Petrarch's Canzoniere, has performed a wonderful service to the English-speaking reader. Here, in one volume, are included the poet's own selection of the best lyric verse he wrote throughout his life, accompanied by brief but useful notes . . . " —Chronicles"As well as skillful and fluent verse renderings of the 366 lyrics that make up this milestone in the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Petrarch’s Secret

    by Petrarch ...
    One of the great poets of the 14th century, Italian scholar Francesco Petrarch is also regarded as the father of the humanist movement."Petrarch's Secret" is an autobiographical treatise translated from the Latin that represents a "humanist manifesto" central to understanding European culture during the early modern period.The treatise consists of three dialogues between Petrarch and St. Augustine ... Read more

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  • Petrarch's Canzoniere

    Scattered Rhymes in a New Verse Translation

    by Francesco Petrarch, Peter Thornton ...
    Francesco Petrarch’s Canzoniere (translated in English as ‘Scattered Rhymes’) is a collection of 14th century poems famed for their deep exploration of love, grief, spirituality and nature. Written over the course of forty years (approximately between 1328-1368), this collection includes 317 sonnets, 29 canzoni, 9 sestine, 4 madrigals and 7 ballate. These Scattered Rhymes almost always return to ... Read more

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  • Canzoniere

    by Petrarch ...
    Translated by Anthony Mortimer ...
    The 'Canzoniere', a sequence of sonnets and other verse forms, were written over a period of about 40 years. They describe Petrarch's intense love for Laura, whom he first met in Avignon in 1327, and her effect on him after she died in 1348. The collection is an examination of the poet's growing spiritual crisis, and also explores important contemporary issues such as the role of the papacy and ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Petrarch’s Triumphs

    by Petrarch ...
    Composition of "Petrarch’s Triumphs" started in 1351 and the final chapter was last edited on February 12, 1374, a few months before the author's death."Triumphs" is a series of poems by Petrarch in the Tuscan language evoking the Roman ceremony of triumph, where victorious generals and their armies were led in procession by the captives and spoils they had taken in war. Composed over more than ... Read more

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  • Petrarch's Secret, or the Soul's Conflict with Passion (Three Dialogues Between Himself and ST. Augustine

    by Petrarch ...
    Petrarch was not the first man to find a certain contradiction between his desires and the possibilities of life around him, and to pass many years under the pain of contrary attractions that could not all be followed to fulfilment This conflict is what gives interest to the Secretum. Some have thought, and the idea was expressed by one of his correspondents, that his love for Laura was very much ... Read more

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  • Secretum

    by Francesco Petrarch ...
    By writing what he called a “secret book” taking the shape of a conversation between himself and St Augustine Petrarch aimed to compose a cathartic text which would alleviate his spiritual crisis and help him make further inroads towards knowledge and fulfilment.At once an intimate repository of his most personal thoughts and emotions and a literary masterpiece dealing with universal issues, ... Read more

    $8.19 USD

  • Canzoniere

    A New Translation

    by Petrarch ...
    Translated by A.M. Juster ...
    The iconic Renaissance songbook—an inspiration to love poets since the fourteenth century—in an elegant, fluid, and inviting translation.Petrarch’s Canzoniere stands as one of the greatest and most influential collections of love poetry ever written. In a classic story of love at first sight, the young poet expresses in beautiful verse his unrequited reverence for Laura, a muse who would prove as ... Read more

    $18.49 USD

  • The Poetry of Petrarch

    Translated by David Young ...
    by Petrarch ...
    Discover the timeless beauty and enduring influence of Petrarch's love poetry in this fresh, approachable translation by David Young.Petrarch's Rime in vita e morta di Madonna Laura, popularly known as his songbook, is a cycle of poems that record the speaker's unrequited obsession with a woman named Laura. By turns witty, languorous, and fawning, these tightly composed yet ornate poems inspired ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Anthology Of Italian Literature

    by Giovanni Boccaccio,Boethius,Marcus Tullius Cicero,Dante Alighiert,Leonardo Da Vinci,Petrarch,Giacomo Leopardi,Nicolo Machiavelli,Ovid,Silvio Pellico ...
    A huge anthology of classic Italian writers with an active table of contents.Authors and works include:Giovanni Boccaccio:The DecameronLa FiammettaBoethius:The Consolation of PhilosophyMarcus Tullius Cicero:De Amicitia, Scipio's DreamHistory of Famous OratorsTreatises on Friendship and Old AgeDante Alighieri:The BanquetThe Divine Comedy:InfernoPurgatoryParadiseWritings of Leonardo Da Vinci:Volume ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Complete Works of Petrarch

    by Petrarch ...
    The Complete Works of PetrarchFrancesco Petrarca, commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar and poet during the early Italian Renaissance who was one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Italian Renaissance and the founding of Renaissance humanism.This collection includes the following:The Sonnets, ... Read more

    $1.50 USD

  • Canzoniere

    by Petrarch ...
    Translated by J. G. Nichols ...
    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 book reveals the man in all of his perplexities, uncertainties, and hesitancies. ... Read more

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