Sonnets and Shorter Poems |
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Author:
| Petrarch, Francesco Slavitt, David R. |
Translator:
| Slavitt, David R. |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-06216-0 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $74.95 |
Book Description:
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In Petrarch's hands, lyric verse was transformed from an expression of courtly devotion into a way of conversing with one's own heart and mind. David Slavitt renders the sonnets in Il Canzoniere, along with the shorter madrigals and ballate, in a sparkling and engaging idiom and in rhythm and rhyme that do justice to Petrarch's achievement.
In Petrarch's hands, lyric verse was transformed from an expression of courtly devotion into a way of conversing with one's own heart and mind. David Slavitt renders the sonnets in Il Canzoniere, along with the shorter madrigals and ballate, in a sparkling and engaging idiom and in rhythm and rhyme that do justice to Petrarch's achievement.