Petrarch by Mark Musa

Petrarch by Mark Musa

The definitive bilingual verse translation of Petrarch's Canzoniere.

"Mark Musa, in editing and translating Petrarch's Canzoniere, has performed a wonderful service to the English-speaking readerHere, in one volume, are included the poet's own selection of the best lyric verse he wrote throughout his life, accompanied by brief but useful notes ... " - Chronicles "As well as skillful and fluent verse renderings of the 366 lyrics that make up this milestone in the development of Western poetic tradition, Musa offers copious and up-to-date annotation to each poem ... along with a substantial, sensitive, and intelligent introduction that is genuinely helpful for the first-time reader and thought provoking for Petrarch scholars and other medievalists." - Choice

MARK MUSA, Distinguished Professor of Italian at Indiana University, is well known for his translations of the Italian classics, including the works of Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and Machiavelli. He is editor of Dante's Inferno: The Indiana Critical Edition. BARBARA MANFREDI, an independent researcher, has pursued a lifelong interest in radical poets, with a current focus on Dante.

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ISBN 13	9780253213174
ISBN 10	0253213177
Title	Petrarch
Author	Mark Musa
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Indiana University Press
Year published	1999-05-22
Number of pages	800
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