Petrarch: Everywhere a Wanderer

Author: Christopher S. Celenza Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Born in Tuscany in 1304, Italian poet Francesco Petrarca is widely considered one of the fathers of the modern Italian language. His writings inspired the Humanist movement and, subsequently, the Renaissance, Petrarch remains misunderstood. He was a man of contradictions - a Roman pagan devotee and a devout Christian, a lover of friendship and sociability, yet intensely private . Christopher S. Celenza provides the first general account of Petrarch's life...Read more