Petrarch's 'Fragmenta'
The Narrative and Theological Unity of 'Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta'
1st Edition
Published on 13. June 2016
344 pages
978-1-4875-1001-5 (ISBN)
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Building on recent Petrarch scholarship and broader studies of medieval poetics, poetic narrativity, and biblical intertextuality, Peterson conducts a rigorous examination of the Fragmenta's poetic language.
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Thomas E. Peterson
Petrarch's 'Fragmenta'
The Narrative and Theological Unity of 'Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta'
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Thomas E. Peterson serves on the Scientific Committee of the Centro Studi Franco Fortini at the University of Siena and is Professor of Italian at the University of Georgia.
Thomas E. Peterson serves on the Scientific Committee of the Centro Studi Franco Fortini at the University of Siena and is Professor of Italian at the University of Georgia.
Content
Introduction - Petrarch Today: A Focus on Narrativity
- Humanism and Poetic Theology
- A History of Return
Chapter 1: Historical Context and PoeticForm - The Poetry of the Tradition
- Style, Genre,Structure
- The Proem of the Fragmenta (Rvf 1-10)
Chapter 2: Temporality andDesire - Entering the Selva of the FirstCentenary
- The Dimension of Fable in the 'Raccolta of 1342'
- Further Consequences ofFable
Chapter 3: The Language of Tears (Rvf 92-122) - A Parable of Return
- Nature, Landscape, Solitude
- The Secretum and Canzone
Chapter 4: In fresca riva: Landscape and History(Rvf 125-183) - Canzoni 125-129
- Saint Peter and the AvignonChurch
- Antithesis and Parallelism
Chapter5: The Penitent Lover (Rvf 184-263) - The Fading Myth of Daphne
- Out of the Labyrinth, Away From the World
- APoetics of Quietude
Chapter 6: Songs of Grief and Lamentation (Rvf 264-317) - "Quelle pietosebraccia" (264, 14)
- "Come va 'l mondo!" (290, 1)
- Augustinian Time and the Process ofGrieving
Chapter 7: Songs of Consecration (Rvf 319-366) - The In Between Time of Parable
- Friendship and Dialogue,Memory and Solitude
- Seeds of Grace
Conclusion - Historical Reception and the Figure of Petrarch
- "Altr'uom" (Narrative, Style, Theology)
- An Autopoietic Unity
NotesBibliography
- Humanism and Poetic Theology
- A History of Return
Chapter 1: Historical Context and PoeticForm - The Poetry of the Tradition
- Style, Genre,Structure
- The Proem of the Fragmenta (Rvf 1-10)
Chapter 2: Temporality andDesire - Entering the Selva of the FirstCentenary
- The Dimension of Fable in the 'Raccolta of 1342'
- Further Consequences ofFable
Chapter 3: The Language of Tears (Rvf 92-122) - A Parable of Return
- Nature, Landscape, Solitude
- The Secretum and Canzone
Chapter 4: In fresca riva: Landscape and History(Rvf 125-183) - Canzoni 125-129
- Saint Peter and the AvignonChurch
- Antithesis and Parallelism
Chapter5: The Penitent Lover (Rvf 184-263) - The Fading Myth of Daphne
- Out of the Labyrinth, Away From the World
- APoetics of Quietude
Chapter 6: Songs of Grief and Lamentation (Rvf 264-317) - "Quelle pietosebraccia" (264, 14)
- "Come va 'l mondo!" (290, 1)
- Augustinian Time and the Process ofGrieving
Chapter 7: Songs of Consecration (Rvf 319-366) - The In Between Time of Parable
- Friendship and Dialogue,Memory and Solitude
- Seeds of Grace
Conclusion - Historical Reception and the Figure of Petrarch
- "Altr'uom" (Narrative, Style, Theology)
- An Autopoietic Unity
NotesBibliography
