Petrarch : The Canzoniere, or Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta

Name: Petrarch : The Canzoniere, or Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta
Brand: Indiana University Press

Indiana University Press

PetrarchThe Canzoniere, or Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta\nAuthor(s): Mark Musa\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253213174, 978-0253213174\nSynopsis\n\""Mark Musa, in editing and translating Petrarch's Canzoniere, has performed a wonderful service to the English-speaking reader. Here, in one volume, are included the poet's own selection of the best lyric verse he wrote throughout his life, accompanied by brief but useful notes . . . \"" Chronicles\n\n \""As well as skillful and fluent verse renderings of the 366 lyrics that make up this milestone in the development of Western poetic tradition, Musa offers copious and up-to-date annotation to each poem . . . along with a substantial, sensitive, and intelligent introduction that is genuinely helpful for the first-time reader and thought provoking for Petrarch scholars and other medievalists.\"" Choice\n\n The 366 poems of Petrarch's Canzoniere represent one o.