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This work establishes the presence of ambiguous, polyvalent characterisation of the first-person voice in the Petrarchan poem sequence. It argues that such characterisation triggers a reader-response mechanism characterised by ambivalence and interest which could be called splintered identification. This means of identifying helps promote reader-involvement and foster the perception of the sequence as an integral work, concerns which betray the presence of novelistic thinking. This book contains two color photographs.

English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. --- English poetry -- Italian influences. --- Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 -- Influence. --- Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Rime. --- Petrarchism. --- Sonnets, English -- History and criticism. --- English poetry --- Sonnets, English --- Petrarchism --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- Love poetry, European --- History and criticism --- Italian influences --- Petrarca, Francesco, --- Influence. --- Pétrarque --- Petrarch --- Petracco, Francesco --- Petrarca, Franciscus, --- Petrarch, --- Petrarch, Francesco, --- Petrarcha, Franciscus, --- Petrark, --- Petrarka, Franchesko, --- Peṭrarḳa, Frants'esḳo, --- Pétrarque, --- Петрарка, Франческо, --- פטררקא, פרנצ׳סקו --- Petrarca, Francesco