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The volume draws attention to some elements of ambiguity in the Italian Petrarchism of the 16th century, with insights also into the early 17th century. In particular, the book analyses: the debate on some contradictory or at least problematic aspects of Petrarch’s statements on love; the tension between literary artificiality and ostentation of sincerity in love letters; the ambiguity between sacred and profane in the encomiastic field, with special reference to the metaphor of the ‘temple’ in the so-called ‘temples of poems’. The path here proposed offers an idea of Petrarchism as a phenomenon less rigid and stereotyped than usually perceived. Its ambiguities or even contradictions can be subjects of debate, without necessarily taking the path of anti-petrarchism and parodic deformation.

Italian literature, Petrarch, Petrarchism, Renaissance, Baroque, Epistolography

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Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) faßte nach der Mitte seines Lebens den Entschluß, seine lateinischen Briefe zu sammeln und herauszugeben. Neben der riesigen Masse der Briefe in Prosa stellte er auch seine Versepisteln zusammen, anmutige und formgewandte Dichtungen, die besonders geeignet sind, Wesen und Kunst Petrarcas kennen zu lernen. Zwar folgt der Dichter in der Form den Horazischen Briefen, doch macht er sich von Beginn an mit großer Selbständigkeit von seinem römischen Vorbild frei, mit dem ihn fast nur die Freude an der Natur und am Wohnen auf dem Lande verbinden. Dafür erleben wir seine ungemeine seelische Erregbarkeit mit, seine Stimmungen, das Verhältnis zu seinen Gönnern, Freunden und Feinden, den Ehrgeiz, seine Liebe zu Laura und den Kampf mit der Leidenschaft, aber auch seine Teilnahme am politischen Leben, die Begeisterung für das alte und neue Rom und für seine Heimat Italien. All dies hat Petrarca mit ganz persönlicher Wärme und Anteilnahme gestaltet und mit hoher Formkraft in den Versepisteln wahre lyrische Kunstwerke geschaffen, die vielfach den Vergleich mit seinen ungleich bekannteren Dichtungen in italienischer Sprache aushalten und den Dichter ungeachtet einiger persönlicher Schwächen als großen Geist und zugleich liebenswürdige Persönlichkeit erscheinen lassen. Die Epistulae Metricae wurden vor hundert Jahren (1904) zum ersten Mal in Deutsche übertragen (in sehr gelungenen Versen); die nun vorgelegte Übersetzung bemüht sich, den Text so genau wie möglich in Prosa wiederzugeben, ohne die poetische Kraft und Anmut aufzugeben, ein Unternehmen, das freilich auch die Grenzen des Übersetzens in voller Deutlichkeit offenbart. Die Herausgeber und Übersetzer Otto Schönberger, geb. 1926 in Dillingen, studierte Klassische Philologie, Germanistik und Philosophie. Er lebt heute in Würzburg. zahlreiche Publikationen bei K&N. Eva Schönberger ist Klass. Philologin, Mitübersetzerin zahlreicher Bücher.

Authors, Italian --- Petrarca, Francesco, --- 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

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Nel volume si censiscono, editano e commentano paleograficamente un gruppo di 39 attestazioni autografe di Francesco Petrarca, brevi testi che, lasciati sulle carte di guardia anteriori o posteriori dei libri appartenutigli, sono perciò collocati in un luogo periferico ma, anche, significativamente a contatto con il libro stesso. Si tratta di un insieme di ‘tracce’ grafiche che costituisce un complesso per molti versi coerente, segno materiale di un progetto culturale meritevole della nostra attenzione.

Petrarca, Francesco, --- Pétrarque --- Petrarch --- Petracco, Francesco --- Petrarca, Franciscus, --- Petrarch, --- Petrarch, Francesco, --- Petrarcha, Franciscus, --- Petrark, --- Petrarka, Franchesko, --- Peṭrarḳa, Frants'esḳo, --- Pétrarque, --- Петрарка, Франческо, --- פטררקא, פרנצ׳סקו --- Autographs. --- Petrarca, Francesco

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The volume draws attention to some elements of ambiguity in the Italian Petrarchism of the 16th century, with insights also into the early 17th century. In particular, the book analyses: the debate on some contradictory or at least problematic aspects of Petrarch’s statements on love; the tension between literary artificiality and ostentation of sincerity in love letters; the ambiguity between sacred and profane in the encomiastic field, with special reference to the metaphor of the ‘temple’ in the so-called ‘temples of poems’. The path here proposed offers an idea of Petrarchism as a phenomenon less rigid and stereotyped than usually perceived. Its ambiguities or even contradictions can be subjects of debate, without necessarily taking the path of anti-petrarchism and parodic deformation.

Literary studies: poetry & poets --- Italian literature, Petrarch, Petrarchism, Renaissance, Baroque, Epistolography

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Was Petrarch French? This book explores the various answers to that bold question offered by French readers and translators of Petrarch working in a period of less well-known but equally rich Petrarchism: the nineteenth century. It considers both translations and rewritings: the former comprise not only Petrarch's celebrated Italian poetry but also his often neglected Latin works; the latter explore Petrarch's influence on and presence in French novels as well as poetry of the period, both in and out of the canon. Nineteenth-century French Petrarchism has its roots in the later part of the previous century, with formative contributions from Voltaire, Rousseau, and, in particular, the abbé de Sade. To these literary catalysts must be added the unification of Avignon with France at the Revolution, as well as anniversary commemorations of Petrarch's birth and death celebrated in Avignon and Fontaine-de-Vaucluse across the period (1804-1874-1904). Situated at the crossroads of reception history, medievalism, and translation studies, this investigation uncovers tensions between the competing construction of a national, French Petrarch and a local, Avignonese or Provençal poet. Taking Petrarch as its litmus test, this book also asks probing questions about the bases of nationality, identity, and belonging.

Jennifer Rushworth is a Junior Research Fellow at St John's College, Oxford.

Petrarca, Francesco, --- Pétrarque --- Petrarch --- Petracco, Francesco --- Petrarca, Franciscus, --- Petrarch, --- Petrarch, Francesco, --- Petrarcha, Franciscus, --- Petrark, --- Petrarka, Franchesko, --- Peṭrarḳa, Frants'esḳo, --- Pétrarque, --- Петрарка, Франческо, --- פטררקא, פרנצ׳סקו --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Influence. --- French literature --- History and criticism. --- Knowledge --- Literature. --- 1800-1899 --- Petrarca, Francesco --- 19th century. --- Dante. --- French culture. --- French language. --- French literature. --- Italian literature. --- Middle Ages. --- Nationality. --- Petrarch. --- Petrarchism. --- Romanticism. --- Rousseau. --- Translation. --- Voltaire. --- abbe de Sade. --- medieval poetry. --- medievalism. --- reception studies.