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Giuseppe Mazzotta The Worlds of Petrarch Duke Monographs in Medieval and Renaissance Studies 14 Editorial Committee Caroline Bruzelius, Arthur B. Ferguson, Joan M. Ferrante, Edward P. Mahoney, Chairman, Lee W. Patterson, David C. Steinmetz, Bruce W. Wardropper, Ronald G. Witt . WS 7G “t NG) %e SV. a : Ry a \ eS = e/ i) ~ . fi Nate BS B\ We ths X ete ‘ 4 x re Wa\ l eYY) fe*s n a ee 435 POE rR: 4 Atotse gen, ka pha , S ; = Ly ft 4 y S + o xari r sh a ’e RR if & eeeo e ~ = a SF e = i é, s te e i4 Ht htid) :DH } H B A a © 1993 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper © Designed by Cherie Holma Westmoreland Typeset in Caslon by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mazzotta, Giuseppe, 1942- The worlds of Petrarch / Giuseppe Mazzotta. p- cm. — (Duke monographs in medieval and Renaissance studies ; 14) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8223-1363-4 — ISBN 0-8223-1396-0 (pbk.) 1. Petrarca, Francesco, 13304-1374—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series: Duke monographs in medieval and Renaissance studies ; no. 14. PQ4540.M37 1993 851’.—dc2zo —dc20 [85x 1] 93-19793 CIP For my brother Lorenzo— He knows the heart of love. Contents Acknowledgments Note on Petrarch’s Texts Xi Introduction I Antiquity and the New Arts 14 II The Thought of Love 33 III] The Canzoniere and the Language of the Self IV Ethics of Self 80 Vs The World of History 102 VI Orpheus: Rhetoric and Music 129 VII Humanism and Monastic Spirituality 147 Appendix 1: Petrarch’s Song 126 167 Appendix 2: Ambivalences of Power 181 Notes 193 Index 223
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