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Three dialogues in which Petrarch argues with Saint Augustine about his own soul, his ambition and his love for Laura, with Truth standing silent between them. He wrote it for himself and never published it; it is the first modern self-examination in European letters. This edition is accompanied by sixty plates of Venetian views by Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto and Francesco Guardi, and is translated by William H. Draper.
Three dialogues in which Petrarch argues with Saint Augustine about his own soul, his ambition and his love for Laura, with Truth standing silent between them. He wrote it for himself and never published it; it is the first modern self-examination in European letters. This edition is accompanied ...
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Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) was an Italian poet and scholar born in Arezzo, generally called the father of humanism. He rediscovered Cicero's letters, was crowned poet laureate in Rome, and his sonnets to Laura shaped European love poetry for three centuries. His works include the Canzoniere, the Secretum, and Africa.
Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) was an Italian poet and scholar born in Arezzo, generally called the father of humanism. He rediscovered Cicero's letters, was crowned poet laureate in Rome, and his sonnets to Laura shaped European love poetry for three centuries. His works include the Canzoniere, ...
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