Petrarch's Penitential Psalms and Prayers - Francesco Petrarca

Petrarch's Penitential Psalms and Prayers

Buch | Softcover
160 Seiten
2024
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-20785-4 (ISBN)
34,90 inkl. MwSt
The first English translation of Petrarch’s Psalms and Prayers provides an intimate look at the personal devotions of the “Father of Humanism.”


Throughout Petrarch’s work, there is an undercurrent of tension between the secular and the sacred. In this captivating new translation of the Psalms and the Prayers, Demetrio Yocum turns to a previously overlooked area of Petrarchan studies to open a window on the scholar’s innermost religious thoughts.


Petrarch's Psalms and Prayers are intricately crafted poetic and devotional works, presented in facing Latin/English format. In his extensive introduction and commentary, Yocum situates these bold, original compositions within their historical, literary, and religious contexts, deftly drawing connections to classical texts, the Bible and the writings of the church fathers, and Petrarch’s own life, work, and poetics.


This remarkable first-ever English translation of the Psalms and Prayers helps to reconcile Petrarch’s classical humanism with his devout, deeply personal Christianity.

Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374) was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy. He is widely recognized as the "Father of Humanism" as he laid the foundation for Renaissance humanism, emphasizing the study of authors and thinkers from classical antiquity through the Middle Ages. Demetrio S. Yocum is senior research associate for the Notre Dame Center for Italian Studies. His most recent publications include his monograph Petrarch’s Humanist Writing and Carthusian Monasticism, his co-edited volume At the Heart of Liturgy, and his translation Mary of Magdala: Revisiting the Sources.

Acknowledgements


Abbreviations and Other Conventions


1. Introduction


2. A Note on the Translation


3. Petrarch’s Seven Psalms


4. Petrarch’s Prayers


Bibliography


Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature
Übersetzer Demetrio S. Yocum
Verlagsort Notre Dame IN
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Lyrik / Dramatik Lyrik / Gedichte
Kunst / Musik / Theater
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-268-20785-2 / 0268207852
ISBN-13 978-0-268-20785-4 / 9780268207854
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