Petrarch Research Articles

The Shaping of the ‘I’ in Dante and Petrarch

The positioning of the ‘I’ is the central literary preoccupation of both Dante and Petrarch. Their reconstruction in writing of experiences highlights the interplay between the narrator and the vicissitudes narrated. Dante and Petrarch become, at the same time, both writer and reader of their own books of memory. Dante writes of his journey to becoming a poet, how by reflection and self-reflection the narrated subject is led gradually to a new vocation and made substantial by the poetical evocation of this very road. By contrast, Petrarch opens up a new field of poetical reflexivity by shaping an ‘I’ which is plural, everchanging and in contradiction to itself, showing that the attempt to reconstruct the past in writing can only reveal the ambiguity of the self.

The Maternal Witness: Petrarch and Saint Monica's Iconographic Legacy

The Maternal Witness: Petrarch and Saint Monica's Iconographic Legacy

Before Contes du Temps passé (1697): Charles Perrault’s “Grisélidis” (1691), “Souhaits Ridicules” (1693), and “Peau d’Asne” (1694)

Research Article| May 01 2008 Before Contes du Temps passé (1697): Charles Perrault’s “Grisélidis” (1691), “Souhaits Ridicules” (1693), and “Peau d’Asne” (1694) Ruth Bottigheimer Ruth Bottigheimer State University of New York at Stony Brook Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Romanic Review (2008) 99 (3-4): 175–189. https://doi.org/10.1215/26885220-99.3-4.175 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Ruth Bottigheimer; Before Contes du Temps passé (1697): Charles Perrault’s “Grisélidis” (1691), “Souhaits Ridicules” (1693), and “Peau d’Asne” (1694). Romanic Review 1 May 2008; 99 (3-4): 175–189. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/26885220-99.3-4.175 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsRomanic Review Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2008 The Trustees of Columbia University2008 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

:Petrarch and His Readers in the Renaissance

Acknowledgements Notes on the Editors of this Volume List of Contributors Introduction: Towards a New Approach of Petrarch's Reception in the Renaissance-the 'Independent Reader', Karl A.E. Enenkel & Jan Papy PETRARCH AND HIS 14TH-CENTURY READERS 1. Creating an 'Italian' Friendship: from Petrarch's Ideal Literary Critic 'Socrates' to the Historical Reader Ludovicus Sanctus of Beringen, Jan Papy 2. Antiquarianism and Politics in 14th-century Avignon: the Humanism of Giovanni Cavallini, Marc Laureys 3. "Interpres rerum tuarum"-Boccaccio und Petrarca, eine ungleiche Freundschaft, Ursula Kocher 4. Petrarch in Bohemia: Culture and Civil Life in the Correspondence between Petrarch and Johann von Neumarkt, Ugo Dotti PETRARCH IN 16TH-CENTURY GERMANY: THE CASE OF THE 'PETRARCH MASTER' 5. Der Petrarca des ,Petrarca-Meisters': zum Text-Bild-Verhaltnis in illustrierten De remediis-Ausgaben, Karl A.E. Enenkel 6. Speculative Imagery in Petrarch's Von der Artzney bayder Glueck (1532), Reindert L. Falkenburg 16TH-CENTURY ITALIANS READING PETRARCH: BEMBO AND CARDANO 7. "Quegli amori che son dolci senza amaritudine": the Petrarchist Bembo in The Book of the Courtier, Bart Van den Bossche 8. An Unusual Biography: Cardano's Horoscope of Petrarch, Dora Bobory PETRARCH READ AND IMITATED IN 16TH-CENTURY FRANCE 9. Visions of Ruin: vanitas vanitatum in Du Bellay's Songe and Petrarch's Canzone delle visioni (Rime 323), Reinier Leushuis 10. Truth is Just an Option: Du Bellay's Philosophical Critique of Imitation in Contre les Petrarquistes, Dina De Rentiis 11. Poetical and Political Readings of Petrarch's Rime in XVIth-Century France: A Critical Revaluation, Jean Balsamo PETRARCH TRANSLATED AND ILLUSTRATED IN THE LOW COUNTRIES 12. Petrarch Translated and Illustrated in Jan van der Noot's Theatre (1568), Paul J. Smith List of Illustrations Index Nominum

Book Review: The Augustinian Epic, Petrarch to Milton

Book Review: The Augustinian Epic, Petrarch to Milton

:The Augustinian Epic: Petrarch to Milton

:<i>The Augustinian Epic: Petrarch to Milton</i>

Petrarch and His Readers in the Renaissance

Petrarch and His Readers in the Renaissance

Disease of Distinction

Gout is one of the rare diseases that defines its sufferers by class and culture. It is also one of the first chronic diseases to be clinically described. The Egyptians had identified gout as a distinct disorder by 2640 bce. This paper traces the history of gout from its earliest recorded period down to modern times, with a particular emphasis on the cultural, political, geopolitical, and social aspects. Included is a discussion of its role in the American Revolution. Today, gout is a well-understood clinically managed arthritic disease that excites little comment. This is an entirely modern perspective. For most of human history, gout was a disease of distinction that dominated much of medicine, playing the same role in Rome's third century bce aristocracy it would later play in the aristocracies of 17th and 18th century France and England, when each of these countries dominated the world. Because it was considered a disease of lifestyle until modern times, when genetics began to be understood, gout was associated with rich, high status Caucasian men and their excessive consumption of drink and rich foods. It was virtually unknown in Asia, until Western dietary practices became widespread there. From earliest history, gout has been linked with high IQ and sexual promiscuity, which made it grist for artists and writers, and their social commentary up to the time of Dickens; this is discussed, with examples. Because of its association with the rich, gout also developed a powerful moralistic aspect, particularly during the Christian era when the concept of sin was a cultural fundamental. The loose living and indulgence of the rich and the gout it produced made the disease a parable of Christian ethics. The Italian poet Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) was one of the first to establish this nuance, and it influenced how gout was seen for centuries. Part of what gave gout its special character was that while it tortured, it rarely killed. Indeed, when death was a frequent visitor to families, it was thought a painful but welcomed prophylactic against diseases that did kill. Even in modern times, gout still favors the rich and powerful. American research conducted in the 1960s found that corporate executives, just like their English gentry, or Roman senatorial predecessors, had higher urate concentrations than their blue-collar employees.

The Augustinian Epic, Petrarch to Milton

The Augustinian Epic, Petrarch to Milton

The Triumphs of Memory: Petrarch, Augustine, and Wordsworth's Ascent of Snowdon

The Triumphs of Memory: Petrarch, Augustine, and Wordsworth's Ascent of Snowdon

Book Review: Humanism and Secularization: From Petrarch to Valla

Book Review: Humanism and Secularization: From Petrarch to Valla

:The Secret by Francesco Petrarch with Related Documents

:<i>The Secret by Francesco Petrarch with Related Documents</i>

In the Footsteps of Petrarch

In the Footsteps of Petrarch

Petrarch, the Self-Conscious Self, and the First Women Humanists

Petrarch, the Self-Conscious Self, and the First Women Humanists

Monteverdi as Reader of Petrarch

Monteverdi as Reader of Petrarch

Book Review: Humanism and Secularization: From Petrarch to Valla

Book Review: Humanism and Secularization: From Petrarch to Valla

Petrarch and Jerome

Petrarch and Jerome

Humanism and Secularization: From Petrarch to Valla by Riccardo Fubini (review)

Humanism and Secularization: From Petrarch to Valla by Riccardo Fubini (review)

Petrarch's "Conversion" on Mont Ventoux and the Patterns of Religious Experience

Pétrarque était passionné par le récit que fait saint Augustin de sa conversion. Il a donc cherché tout au long de sa vie à réaliser cette expérience pour lui-même tout en la rendant significative dans le contexte humaniste chrétien. Sa lettre concernant son expérience spirituelle lors de son ascension au sommet du Mont Ventoux en est le témoin. Il s'agit d'une transformation de soi dans un contexte d'émotion soigneusement étudié par les philosophes de la religion au siècle dernier. Leurs études tracent un profil générique de ce changement profond, non seulement de la transformation que Pétrarque n'arrive pas à effectuer après des années de recherches, mais aussi d'un désir d'expérience transcendante qui faisait implicitement partie de la pensée philosophique des humanistes en général.

Petrarch's “Canzone-Frottola”: A Parable of Return

Petrarch's “Canzone-Frottola”: A Parable of Return