Sonnets and Shorter Poems (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780674062160)

In Petrarch's hands, lyric verse was transformed from an expression of courtly devotion into a way of conversing with one's own heart and mind. David Slavitt renders the sonnets in Il Canzoniere, along with the shorter madrigals and ballate, in a sparkling and engaging idiom and in rhythm and rhyme that do justice to Petrarch's achievement.

Author: Francesco Petrarch, David R. Slavitt
ISBN-10: 0674062167
ISBN-13: 9780674062160
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2012
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.37h x 5.82w x 1.18d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2012