Selected Letters, Volume 2

Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive the cultural and moral excellence of ancient Greece and Rome. This two-volume set contains an ample, representative sample from his enormous and fascinating correspondence with all the leading figures of his day.

About the author

Elaine Fantham was Giger Professor of Latin, Emerita, at Princeton University, and a former president of the American Philological Association.

Summary

Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive the cultural and moral excellence of ancient Greece and Rome. This two-volume set contains an ample, representative sample from his enormous and fascinating correspondence with all the leading figures of his day.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine Fantham, Francesco Petrarca, Francesco/ Fantham Petrarca, Professor Francesco Petrarca, Petrarca Francesco
• Assisted by: Elaine Fantham (Translation), Elaine (Formerly at Princeton University USA) Fantham (Translation), Elaine (Princeton University) Fantham (Translation), Fantham Elaine (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9780674971622
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97162-2
• No. of pages: 816
• Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library; The I Tatti Renaissance Library; Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP); Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP) CONTINS PASS TO - [e-mail]
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Europe, European History, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Anthologies: general, Diaries, letters and journals, Anthologies (non-poetry), European history: Renaissance, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance