Petrarch and the Literary Culture of Nineteenth-Century France - Translation, Appropriation, Transformation

A consideration of Petrarch's influence on, and appearance in, French texts - and in particular, his appropriation by the Avignonese.

List of contents

Introduction: Local History, Local Stories
Complete Translations of Petrarch's Canzoniere
Partial Translations of Petrarch's Canzoniere
Finding Laura in the Triumphi and Petrarch's Latin Works
Petrarch and Avignon: The Fate of the Sine nomine and RVF 136-8
Petrarch in Poetry
The Novelization of Petrarch
Conclusion: Petrarch and Patriotism
Appendix 1: A Chronological Survey of Translations of Petrarch's Italian Poetry [the Canzoniere and Triumphi] between 1764 and 1903 in France
Appendix 2: Translations of the Opening Stanza of RVF 126 from Voltaire [1756] to Brisset [1903]
Bibliography

About the author

Jennifer Rushworth

Summary

A consideration of Petrarch's influence on, and appearance in, French texts - and in particular, his appropriation by the Avignonese.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Rushworth
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781843844563
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-456-3
• No. of pages: 333
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 241 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 637 g
• Series: Medievalism; Medievalism
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)