Author : Aldo S. Bernardo
Release : 1974-01-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 897/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Petrarch, Laura, and the Triumphs by : Aldo S. Bernardo
Download or read book Petrarch, Laura, and the Triumphs written by Aldo S. Bernardo. This book was released on 1974-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book, by the renowned Petrarch scholar, remains an important basic study of the poetry, particularly of Laura. Bernardo discusses the major critics of Petrarch's Laura (DeSanctis, Croce), then devotes two chapters (26-87) to the figure of Laura in the Canzoniere and the Latin works. Seven chapters discuss the poetic image of Laura in the Triumphs, historically, critically, and contextually, the last focussing on Laura as nova figura, not allegory. It belongs in every library ad on every Petrarchist's shelf."