Petrarch's 'Fragmenta'

The Narrative and Theological Unity of 'Rerum vulgarium fragmenta'

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Italian, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Theology
Cover of the book Petrarch's 'Fragmenta' by Thomas E Peterson, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
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Author: Thomas E Peterson ISBN: 9781487510022
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Publication: June 16, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Thomas E Peterson
ISBN: 9781487510022
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication: June 16, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

Petrarch's Rerum vulgarium fragmenta, a collection of lyric  poems on sacred and profane love and other subjects, has traditionally been viewed as reflecting the conflicted nature of its author. However, award winning author Thomas E. Peterson argues that Petrarch’s  Fragmenta is an ordered and coherent work unified by narrative and theological structures.

By concentrating on the poem’s reliance on Christian tenets and distinguishing between author, narrator and character, Peterson exposes the underlying narrative and theological unity of the work. 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. This combination of stylistic and philological analysis recasts Petrarch’s poetry in a new light revealing its radically innovative and liberating character.

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Petrarch's Rerum vulgarium fragmenta, a collection of lyric  poems on sacred and profane love and other subjects, has traditionally been viewed as reflecting the conflicted nature of its author. However, award winning author Thomas E. Peterson argues that Petrarch’s  Fragmenta is an ordered and coherent work unified by narrative and theological structures.

By concentrating on the poem’s reliance on Christian tenets and distinguishing between author, narrator and character, Peterson exposes the underlying narrative and theological unity of the work. 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. This combination of stylistic and philological analysis recasts Petrarch’s poetry in a new light revealing its radically innovative and liberating character.

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