Petrarchs Lyric Poems - The Rime Sparse and Other Lyrics

Informationen zum Autor Francesco Petrarch Klappentext For teachers and students of Petrarch, Durling's edition of the poems has become the standard one. Readers have praised the translation as both graceful and accurate, conveying a real understanding of what this difficult poet is saying. The literalness of the prose translation makes this beautiful book especially useful to students who lack a full command of Italian. And students reading the verse in the original will find here an authoritative text. Zusammenfassung Durling’s edition of Petrarch’s poems has become the standard. Readers have praised the translation of the authoritative text as graceful and accurate, conveying a real understanding of what this difficult poet is saying. The literalness of the prose translation makes this book especially useful to students who lack a full command of Italian. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction

Product details

• Authors: Francesco Petrarch
• Assisted by: Robert M. Durling (Translation), Durling Robert M. (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.04.2005
• EAN: 9780674663480
• ISBN: 978-0-674-66348-0
• No. of pages: 672
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets