Petrarch's Poetry and Legacy (in English)

1.5 credits · Undergraduate

Considers the career of Francis Petrarch, his influential love poetry and letters, his literary friendships and his enduring obsession with Laura. Highlights the milieu of his work in fourteenth-century Europe. Emphasizes the lyrics of the Canzoniere but also includes Petrarch's correspondence, On Familiar Matters and Of Riper Years , reflections on his life and thought over four decades.