The Worlds of Petrarch

252 Pages·1993·23.914 MB·English

by  Giuseppe Mazzotta

Giuseppe Mazzotta

The Worlds of Petrarch
Duke Monographs in Medieval
and Renaissance Studies 14
Editorial Committee
Caroline Bruzelius, Arthur B. Ferguson,
Joan M. Ferrante, Edward P. Mahoney, Chairman,
Lee W. Patterson, David C. Steinmetz,
Bruce W. Wardropper, Ronald G. Witt
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mazzotta, Giuseppe, 1942-
The worlds of Petrarch / Giuseppe Mazzotta.
p- cm. — (Duke monographs in medieval and
Renaissance studies ; 14)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8223-1363-4 — ISBN 0-8223-1396-0 (pbk.)
1. Petrarca, Francesco, 13304-1374—Criticism and
interpretation. I. Title. II. Series:
Duke monographs in medieval
and Renaissance studies ; no. 14.
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For my brother Lorenzo—
He knows
the heart of love.

Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Petrarch’s Texts Xi
Introduction
I Antiquity and the New Arts 14
II The Thought of Love
33
III] The Canzoniere and the
Language of the Self
IV Ethics of Self
80
Vs The World of History 102
VI Orpheus: Rhetoric and Music 129
VII Humanism and Monastic
Spirituality 147
Appendix 1: Petrarch’s Song 126 167
Appendix 2: Ambivalences of Power 181
Notes 193
Index 223