My Secret Book

Francesco Petrarca (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2016
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-00346-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Petrarch was the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive literary Latin, the language of the Roman Empire, and Greco-Roman culture in general. My Secret Book reveals a remarkable self-awareness as he probes and evaluates the springs of his own morally dubious addictions to fame and love.

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Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive literary Latin, the language of the Roman Empire, and Greco-Roman culture in general. My Secret Book (Secretum) records “the private conflict of my thoughts,” in the form of a dialogue between Franciscus and Augustinus in the presence of a beautiful woman, Truth personified. The discussion reveals remarkable self-awareness as Petrarca probes and evaluates the springs of his own morally dubious addictions to Fame and Love.

Autor

Nicholas Mann is former director of The Warburg Institute and professor emeritus, University of London.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.06.2016
• Reihe/Serie: The I Tatti Renaissance Library
• Übersetzer: Nicholas Mann
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, Mass
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 133 x 203 mm
• Gewicht: 408 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
• ISBN-10: 0-674-00346-2 / 0674003462
• ISBN-13: 978-0-674-00346-0 / 9780674003460
• Zustand: Neuware