BOOKS by Francesco Petrarca

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1	Petrarch's Lyric Poems: The "Rime Sparse" and Other Lyrics more books like this by Robert M Durling (Editor), Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist For teachers and students of Petrarch, Durling's edition of the poems has become the standard one. Readers have praised the translation as both graceful and accurate, conveying a real understanding of what this difficult poet is saying. The literalness of the prose translation makes this beautiful book especially useful to students who lack a full ... see all copies from $14.99! new only from $29.50!
2	Petrarch: The Canzoniere, or Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta more books like this by Mark Musa (Introduction by), Francesco Petrarca, Barbara Manfredi add to wishlist Petrarch's characterization of the hapless lover has become an archetype. Indeed, in many of his poems on the pain and the bitter pleasure of love, we inevitably recognize a vivid and timely picture of ourselves. Humble sinner, aesthete, contemplative, man of the world, secretly tormented spirit, droll observer and advocate of life, Petrarch's ... see all copies from $16.00! new only from $31.62!
3	Selections from the Canzoniere and Other Works more books like this by Francesco Petrarca, Mark Musa (Translator) add to wishlist This entirely new translation includes Petrarch's short autobiographical prose works, The Letter to Posterity and The Ascent of Mount Ventoux , and a selection of twenty-seven poems from the Canzoniere , Petrarch's best-known work in Italian. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.13! \| SVS
4	Invectives more books like this by Francesco Petrarca (Editor), David Marsh (Editor) add to wishlist Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. Just as Petrarch's latin epic "Africa" imitated Virgil and his compendium "On Illustrious Men" was inspired by Livy, so Petrarch's four Invectives were intended to revive the ... see all copies from $6.43! new only from $13.34! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Poetry of Petrarch more books like this by Francesco Petrarca, David Young (Introduction by) add to wishlist "Ineffable sweetness, bold, uncanny sweetness" "that came to my eyes from her lovely face; " "from that day on I'd willingly have closed them, " "never to gaze again at lesser beauties." --from Sonnet 116 Petrarch was born in Tuscany and grew up in the south of France. He lived his life in the service of the church, traveled widely, and during ... see all copies from $4.80! new only from $13.99!
6	The Renaissance philosophy of man more books like this by Ernst Cassirer, Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions
7	Petrarch's Remedies for Fortune Fair and Foul: A Modern English Translation of de Remediis Utriusque Fortune, with a Commentary more books like this by Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist ..". historical lore and tales of virtue, rascality and wonder from ancient and medieval times. Conrad H. Rawski... gives us a translation that is muscular, graceful and suggestive of Petrarch's Latin style... Anyone who can get to a library that can afford this work will find a great old world filled with humor, folly, failure and glory, all ... see all copies from $70.06! new only from $95.75!
8	Selected Sonnets, Odes, and Letters more books like this by Francesco Petrarca, Petrarch, Thomas G Bergin (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.30!
9	Longing for Laura: A Selection of New Petrarch Translations more books like this by A M Juster (Translator), Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist Delicious translations of a selection of Petrarch's love sonnets. see all copies from $7.54! new only from $12.43! \| first editions
10	Petrarch, the First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters more books like this by Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist see all copies from $14.26! new only from $31.95!
11	Petrach's Book Wihout a Name more books like this by Francesco Petrarca, Norman P Zacour (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.60! new only from $15.95!
12	Petrarch's Songbook =: Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta more books like this by Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist see all copies from $9.89! new only from $9.99! \| signed copies
13	Petrarchs Guide to the Holy Land: Itinerary to the Sepulcher of Our Lord Jesus Christ more books like this by Theodore J Cachey, Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist In the early spring of 1358 Francis Petrarch was invited by his friend Giovanni Mandelli, a leading military and political figure of Visconti Milan, to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Pleased at the invitation, Petrarch nevertheless declined to undertake the journey. Fear of the sea, of shipwreck, and of "slow death and nausea worse than ... see all copies from $16.00! new only from $51.05!
14	Lord Morley's "Tryumphes of Fraunces Petrarcke: The First English Translation of the "Trionfi" more books like this by Petrarch, Francesco Petrarca, D D Carnicelli (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.50! SVS
15	Songs Sonnt Lauras Pa more books like this by F Petrarch, Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
16	Petrarch: Selected Poems more books like this by H Mortimer, Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist see all copies from $3.98! first editions
17	Rerum familiarium libri more books like this by Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18	Letters on Familiar Matters: Rerum Familiarum Libri IX-XVI more books like this by Francesco Petrarca, Professor Aldos S Bernardo (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $15.25! first editions
19	Rime more books like this by Francesco Petrarca, Guido Bezzola add to wishlist see all copies from $4.02!
20	Some sonnets from "Laura in death" after the Italian of Francesco Petrarch more books like this by Francesco Petrarca, J. M. Synge add to wishlist see all copies from $45.00! first editions
21	On Religious Leisure: de Otio Religioso more books like this by Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist AT SOME POINT in January or early February of 1347, Petrarch briefly visited the remote Carthusian monastery of Montrieux, where, four years before, his beloved brother, Gherardo, had pledged himself to live in perpetuity as a renditus, one who took the same vows as a monk but who was not cloistered. In the day and night he spent at Montrieux, ... see all copies from $13.01! new only from $14.28! \| SVS
22	Petrarch: A Humanist Among Princes: An Anthology of Petrarch's Letters and of Selections from His Other Works more books like this by Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist see all copies from $13.50! first editions
23 view cover	Canzoniere: Selected Poems by Francesco Petrarca, Anthony Mortimer (Translator) add to wishlist The "Canzoniere", a sequence of sonnets and other verse forms, were written over a period of about 40 years. They describe Petrarch's intense love for Laura, whom he first met in Avignon in 1327, and her effect on him after she died in 1348. The collection is an examination of the poet's growing spiritual crisis, and also explores important ... see all copies from $27.46! new only from $27.46!
24 view cover	The sonnets, Triumphs, and other poems of Petrarch more books like this by Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist see all copies from $31.36! new only from $31.36! \| SVS
25	Sonnets & Songs more books like this by Francesco Petrarca add to wishlist see all copies from $9.95!

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