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Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304–1374), best known for his influential collection of Italian lyric poetry dedicated to his beloved Laura, was also a remarkable classical scholar, a deeply religious thinker and a philosopher of secular ethics. In this wide-ranging study, chapters by leading scholars view Petrarch's life through his works, from the epic Africa to the Letter to Posterity, from the Canzoniere to the vernacular epic Triumphi. Petrarch is revealed as the heir to the converging influences of classical cultural and medieval Christianity, but also to his great vernacular precursor, Dante, and his friend, collaborator and sly critic, Boccaccio. Particular attention is given to Petrach's profound influence on the Humanist movement and on the courtly cult of vernacular love poetry, while raising important questions as to the validity of the distinction between medieval and modern and what is lost in attempting to classify this elusive figure.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: poetry & poets

• Full title: Cambridge Companion to Petrarch
• Author: Albert Russell Ascoli, Unn Falkeid
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 294
• EAN: 9781107006140
• ISBN: 1107006147
• ID: 09284419
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 566 g
• Dimensions: 159 × 235 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. November 2015

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