The Disperata, from Medieval Italy to Renaissance France |
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| Author:
| Scarlatta, Gabriella |
| Series title: | Research in Medieval Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58044-264-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2017 |
| Publisher: | Medieval Institute Publications
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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This study explores how the themes of the disperata genre - including hopelessness, death, suicide, doomed love, collective trauma, and damnations - are creatively adopted by several generations of poets in Italy and France, to establish a tradition that at times merges with, and at times subverts, Petrarchism.
This study explores how the themes of the disperata genre - including hopelessness, death, suicide, doomed love, collective trauma, and damnations - are creatively adopted by several generations of poets in Italy and France, to establish a tradition that at times merges with, and at times subverts, Petrarchism.