Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch by Francesco Petrarca
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"Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch" by Francesco Petrarca is a selection from a collection written over forty years, beginning shortly after 1327. These sonnets form part of Petrarch's larger work exploring his love for Laura, a woman he reportedly met in Avignon. The poems navigate courtly love, Christian spirituality, and the passage of time through elaborate antithesis and paradox. Written in Italian vernacular rather than Latin, these verses would profoundly influence Renaissance love
poetry across Europe for centuries to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 |
| Title | Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Canzoniere |
| Credits |
Produced by Carlo Traverso, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net, in celebration of Distributed Proofreaders' 15th Anniversary, using images generously made available by The Internet Archive. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Italian poetry -- To 1400 -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 50307 |
| Release Date | Oct 25, 2015 |
| Last Update | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2337 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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