Totems for Defence and Illustration of Taboo: Sites of Petrarchism in Renaissance Europe - Bernardo Lecture Series, No. 8

Argues that critical comments appended to early printed editions of Petrarch's Rime sparse inflected the reception and understanding of Petrarch's vernacular poetry in Renaissance Europe.

About the author

William J. Kennedy is Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University. He has focused his scholarly research on the literature of Western Europe from Dante to Milton. His current interest is to pursue critical commentaries in early printed editions of classical and Renaissance texts as guides to the impact of their authors upon early modern Europe. His previous works include, Rhetorical Norms in Renaissance Literature; Jacopo Sannazaro and the Uses of Pastoral; and Authorizing Petrarch.

Product details

• Authors: William J Kennedy, William J. Kennedy
• Publisher: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9781586841270
• ISBN: 978-1-58684-127-0
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 68 g
• Series: Bernardo Lecture; Bernardo Lecture
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous