Petrarchism At Work: Contextual Economies In The Age Of Shakespeare

Petrarchan poets were self-consciously aware of themselves as poets--as craftsmen, revisers, and professionals. As William J. Kennedy shows in Petrarchism at Work, this commitment to professionalism and the mastery of poetic craft is essential to understanding Petrarch's legacy.

• | Author: William J. Kennedy
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 19, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/LITERARY CRITICISM
• | ISBN-10: 1501700014
• | ISBN-13: 9781501700019