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Item Details
Title:
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MY SECRET BOOK
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By: |
Francesco Petrarca, Nicholas Mann (Editor), Nicholas Mann (Trans) |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£29.95 |
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£23.36 |
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ISBN 10: |
0674003462 |
ISBN 13: |
9780674003460 |
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Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
7 June, 2016 |
Series: |
The I Tatti Renaissance Library 72 |
Pages: |
250 |
Description: |
Petrarch was 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 reveals a remarkable self-awareness as he probes and evaluates the springs of his own morally dubious addictions to fame and love. |
Synopsis: |
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. |
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US |
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press |
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