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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In the following essay, Foscolo, a renowed Italian poet, compares the poetry and philosophy of Dante and Petrarch.
L'un Disposto a Patire E L'altro a Fare. Dante, Purg. C. Xxv.
The exces...
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In the essay below, Durling provides a thematic and stylistic analysis of the Rime sparse.
Ser Petracco (or, as he sometimes spelled it, Petrarcha) of Florence was exiled from his native city in 1301,...
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In the following excerpt, Trinkaus examines Petrarch's contributions as a philosopher and argues that his "conception of ancient philosophy was shaped by his sensibilities as a poet.�...
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In the following excerpt, Regan focuses on themes of love and self-examination in her reading of the Rime sparse.
et perché 'l mio martir non giunga a riva, mille volte il dì moro et ...
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In the essay below, Braden bases his discussion of Petrarch's love poetry on Freud's ideas concerning "unconventional object choices."
"The most striking distinction...
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In the following essay, Hainsworth focuses on Petrarch's Rerum vulgarium fragmenta, which is commonly known as the Canzoniere or Rime sparse. Hainsworth discusses the context in the which the p...
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In the review below, the anonymous critic remarks on Henry Reeve's Petrarch (1878) and discusses Petrarch's contribution to the Italian Renaissance as a humanist and poetic stylist.
The ...
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In the excerpt below, Sedgwick celebrates the six hundreth anniversary of Petrarch's birth with a laudatory survey of the poet's life and literary importance.
Six hundred years ago, on t...
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In the essay below, Marble discusses Petrarch's influence on poetry from the Renaissance to the present.
In the summer of 1304, the exiled Ghibellines, including in their number the greatest of...
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In the following excerpt, Dole provides an overview of Petrarch's life, focusing on the poet's adoration for Laura and the poetry he dedicated to her.
In passing from Dante to Petrarca w...
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In the following essay, Mommsen contrasts the critiques of Petrarch's poetry offered by his peers with those of subsequent generations, arguing that during Petrarch's lifetime he was val...
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In the essay below, Roche argues that Petrarch consciously utilized Renaissance concepts of numerology in the structuring of the Canzoniere.
The purpose of this essay is to argue that the ordering of ...
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In the excerpt below, Murphy examines Petrarch's humanism and argues that he was a "genuine Christian philosopher."
During the month of February, 1325, Francesco Petrarca purchase...
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In the following essay, Greenfield examines Petrarch's poetics as it relates to Platonism, Aristotelianism, and the legitimacy of pagan literature from the classical period. Greenfield conclude...
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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
