Petrarch(1304–1374)
Petrarch, or Francesco Petrarca, the Italian humanist, poet, and scholar, was born in Arezzo into an exiled Florentine family. He was taken to Avignon in 1312, and there he ...
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The Italian poet Petrarch (1304-1374), or Francesco Petrarca, is best known for the Iyric poetry of his Canzoniere and is considered one of the greatest love poets of world literature. A scholar of cl...
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Before the civic spirit and individuality evident and necessary to the Renaissance came to fruition, there had to have been something to trigger a change in the mentality of the medieval civilization....
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"Whilst Petrarch's sonnets represent the idealised female form, they simultaneously explore deeper issues of love, lust and morality"
How do the sonnets you have studied support this statement?
"Wh...
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Humanism is associated with the rediscovery of classical Roman and Grecian literature, art, and the civilization. The works Secretum, My Secret, and De Vita Solitaria, Solitary Life, are two of France...
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Petrarch (1304-1374)
Petrarch
