TY - BOOK ID - 305400 TI - Petrarch's humanism and the care of the self PY - 2010 SN - 9780521114677 0521114675 9780511730337 9781107689596 9780511729812 0511729812 9780511726521 051172652X 9780511727917 0511727917 0511730330 1107689597 1107203007 1282619969 9786612619960 0511728867 0511725108 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Petrarca, Francesco KW - Humanism in literature. KW - Self in literature. KW - Humanists KW - Petrarca, Francesco, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Philosophy. KW - Humanism in literature KW - Self in literature KW - Pétrarque KW - Petrarch KW - Petracco, Francesco KW - Petrarca, Francesco (1304-1374) KW - Petrarca, Franciscus, KW - Petrarch, KW - Petrarch, Francesco, KW - Petrarcha, Franciscus, KW - Petrark, KW - Petrarka, Franchesko, KW - Peṭrarḳa, Frants'esḳo, KW - Pétrarque, KW - Петрарка, Франческо, KW - פטררקא, פרנצ׳סקו KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History KW - Pétrarque (1304-1374) KW - Humanisme KW - Soi KW - Critique et interprétation KW - Dans la littérature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:305400 AB - Petrarch was one of the founding fathers of Renaissance humanism, yet the nature and significance of his ideas are still widely debated. In this book, Gur Zak examines two central issues in Petrarch's works - his humanist philosophy and his concept of the self. Zak argues that both are defined by Petrarch's idea of care for the self. Overcome by a strong sense of fragmentation, Petrarch turned to the ancient idea that philosophy can bring harmony and wholeness to the soul through the use of spiritual exercises in the form of writing. Examining his vernacular poetry and his Latin works from both literary and historical perspectives, Zak explores Petrarch's attempts to use writing as a spiritual exercise, how his spiritual techniques absorbed and transformed ancient and medieval traditions of writing, and the tensions that arose from his efforts to care for the self through writing. ER -