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Petrarch: Everywhere a Wanderer
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An enlightening study of the contradictory character of this canonical fourteenth-century Italian poet.
Born in Tuscany in 1304, Italian poet Francesco Petrarca is widely considered one of the fathers of the modern Italian language. Though his writings inspired the humanist movement and subsequently the Renaissance, Petrarch remains misunderstood. He was a man of contradictionsa Roman pagan devotee and a devout Christian, a lover of friendship and sociability, yet intensely private.
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Born in Tuscany in 1304, Italian poet Francesco Petrarca is widely considered one of the fathers of the modern Italian language. Though his writings inspired the humanist movement and subsequently the Renaissance, Petrarch remains misunderstood. He was a man of contradictionsa Roman pagan devotee and a devout Christian, a lover of friendship and sociability, yet intensely private.
In thi...
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