| My Secret Book Contributor(s): Petrarca, Francesco (Author), Mann, Nicholas (Editor), Mann, Nicholas (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674003462 ISBN-13: 9780674003460 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover Language: Latin Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Italian - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 853.1 |
| LCCN: 2015037319 |
| Series: I Tatti Renaissance Library |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 8.1" W x 5.3" (0.90 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive literary Latin, the language of the Roman Empire, and Greco-Roman culture in general. My Secret Book (Secretum) records "the private conflict of my thoughts," in the form of a dialogue between Franciscus and Augustinus in the presence of a beautiful woman, Truth personified. The discussion reveals remarkable self-awareness as Petrarca probes and evaluates the springs of his own morally dubious addictions to Fame and Love. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mann, Nicholas: - Nicholas Mann is former director of The Warburg Institute and professor emeritus, University of London. |
