Selected Poems and Prose

The poems and prose included in this volume are emblematic of the two phases of Guittone’s career: he first achieved fame as a secular love poet but following his conversion in the 1260s he became a renowned religious poet

List of contents

 Acknowledgments

1. Foreword



2. Introduction



3. Friar Guittone: Letters



4. Friar Guittone: Moral and Religious Canzoni



5. Guittone d’Arezzo: Love Canzoni



6. Guittone d’Arezzo: Teachings on Love



7. Friar Guittone: Cycles on Vices and Virtues

Bibliography

About the author

By Guittone d’Arezzo
Selected, Translated and with an Introduction by Antonello Borra

Summary

The poems and prose included in this volume are emblematic of the two phases of Guittone’s career: he first achieved fame as a secular love poet but following his conversion in the 1260s he became a renowned religious poet

Product details

• Authors: Guitonne d'Arezzo, Guittone D'Arezzo, Guitonne D''arezzo, Guittone D''arezzo
• Assisted by: Antonello Borra (Editor), Antonello Borra (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781487501242
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0124-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library; Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Libra; Lorenzo da Ponte Italian Library; Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Libra
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies