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Title: Selections from the Canzoniere and Other Works by Francesco Petrarch ISBN: 0-19-283951-9 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: "One of the Greatest Poets of All Time"
Comment: The Italian philosopher, Fransesco Petracha (1304-74), who was responsible for the recovery of many Latin manuscripts, who was one of the primary causes of the revival of Latin letters, and who, like Dante, wrote much of his poetry in the vulgar tongue, is one of the greatest poets of all time and one of the most influential men in the history of the western world. Of the poems he wrote in his native Italian, 366 have survived under the name "Canzoniere" (short-song). Roughly 45 of the 366 poems are provided here in an excellent, faithful translation which steers clear of that cancerous and faulty element in poetry--the rhyme. They were carefully selected for their content, so the discouraging number of 45 poems seems bigger when the editor's subtle discretion is taken into account. The basis of these poems--like Dante's Beatrice and Catallus' Lesbia--rests mostly upon Petrach's undying love for Laura, but at times his verse resounds with political and religious themes, and with praises of Rome's past and the Italy of his own time. Every poem will be an enjoyable read; they are always profound and inspiring in their glorification of feminine beauty; and the vivid and picturesque allusions to nature are always soothing and edifying. One may easily see, after reading Petrach's "Canzoniere," Horace handing Petrach his pen and Virgil his laurel crown, for they were as real to him as the lines of his poetry. They guided him through the fields of Italy and lent him breaths of inspiration along the way. Petrarch was anything but a mean and vulgar poet; he deservedly stands out as great amongst the greatest. Also included are some short prose works (letters) which throw some significant light upon the life and character of Petrach. This conveniently sized collection of the poet laureate's works is thoroughly recommended.
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Title: Letters of Abelard and Heloise, The by Peter Abelard, Betty Radice ISBN: 0140442979 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 03 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Confessions by Saint Augustine, Henry Chadwick ISBN: 0192833723 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Donald A. Cress ISBN: 0872201503 Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe ISBN: 0451523032 Publisher: Signet Classics Pub. Date: 01 July, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Lord Byron: Selected Poems by George Gordon Byron, Susan J. Wolfson, Peter J. Manning ISBN: 0140423818 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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