Petrarch: The Canzoniere, or Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
by Francesco Petrarca
from Indiana University Press
"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
"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
The 366 poems of Petrarch's 1/2Canzoniere represent one of the most influential works in Western literature. Varied in form, style, and subject matter, these "scattered rhymes" contains metaphors and conceits that have been absorbed into the literature and language of love. In this bilingual edition, Mark Musa provides verse translations, annotations, and an introduction co-authored with Barbara Manfredi.
Longing for Laura
by Francesco Petrarca
from Birch Brook Press
Brave, fresh translations of Petrarch's love sonnets.
Invectives (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)
by Francesco Petrarca
from Harvard University Press
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 eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. The Invectives are directed against the cultural idols of the Middle Ages--against scholastic philosophy and medicine and the dominance of French culture in general. They defend the value of literary culture against obscurantism and provide a clear statement of the values of Renaissance humanism. This volume provides a new critical edition of the Latin text based on the two autograph copies, and the first English translation of three of the four invectives.
(20061005)Canzoniere (Penguin Classics)
by Francesco Petrarca
from Penguin Classics
Petrarch's Songbook: Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta : A Verse Translation (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies)
Canzoniere
The Canzoniere (Troubador Italian Studies)
by Francesco Petrarca
from Troubador Publishing
Selected Poems (Italian Texts)
Africa
L'Africa (Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Francesco Petrarca)
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