Renaissance Quarterly, June 22nd, 1999
William J. Kennedy, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1994. 301 pp. $36.50. ISBN: 0-8014-2947-9.
Authorizing Petrarch offers a remarkably erudite study of Petrarch's complex interpretive legacy. This book explores the intersection between Petrarch's Rime sparse and a vast array of Renaissance texts. Throughout his analysis, Kennedy examines different "sites," fascinating points of contact among this authoritative work, the commentary tradition on Petrarch, and poets in widely varying different historical environments. As Kennedy demonstrates, the multivalent structure of the Rime...
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