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Mi secreto; Epístolas
«Secretum meum» es el título original de la obra autobiográfica compuesta por Petrarca a mediados del siglo XIV, cuya importancia fue determinante para el nacimiento del humanismo y muy especialmente para el desarrollo del concepto de individuo. Petrarca sitúa la acción del «Secretum» en el décimo sexto aniversario del día en que conoció a Laura, es decir, aproximadamente un año después de la coronación de Petrarca como poeta. En el «Secretum», dos personajes, Agustín y Francisco, dialogan durante tres días, ante la presencia muda de la Verdad. El diálogo era para Petrarca el instrumento ágil de una búsqueda abierta a distintos frentes con la finalidad de presentar y explorar los múltiples recovecos y las idas y venidas del alma. Esta edición incluye, además, una selección de «Epístolas» de Petrarca.
592 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2011
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Francesco Petrarca
1,150 books367 followersFamous Italian poet, scholar, and humanist Francesco Petrarca, known in English as Petrarch, collected love lyrics in
Canzoniere
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People often call Petrarch the earliest Renaissance "father of humanism". Based on Petrarch's works, and to a lesser extent those of Dante Alighieri and Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro Bembo in the 16th century created the model for the modern Italian language, which the Accademia della Crusca later endorsed. People credit Petrarch with developing the sonnet. They admired and imitated his sonnets, a model for lyrical poems throughout Europe during the Renaissance. Petrarch called the Middle Ages the Dark Ages.
People often call Petrarch the earliest Renaissance "father of humanism". Based on Petrarch's works, and to a lesser extent those of Dante Alighieri and Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro Bembo in the 16th century created the model for the modern Italian language, which the Accademia della Crusca later endorsed. People credit Petrarch with developing the sonnet. They admired and imitated his sonnets, a model for lyrical poems throughout Europe during the Renaissance. Petrarch called the Middle Ages the Dark Ages.
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