Vida u obra de Petrarca: Volumen I: Lectura del Sectretum
ISBN: 9781469647258
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of North Carolina Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Petrarca Francesco 1304-1374 -- Criticism and interpretation; Petrarca Francesco 1304-1374. Secretum;

With Vida u Obra de Petrarca , Dr. Francisco Rico questions whether the traditional biography of Petrarch is a product of the real life of the author, or from the critical understanding of his work. In this volume, he analyzes the environment and periodization of the Secretum , relocating its date of publication. It has long been assumed that the Secretum --composed of three dialogues in which "Augustine," in the presence of "Truth" tries to persuade "Francis" to seek spiritual perfection--reflects a spiritual crisis on the part of the author. This is the supposition that Dr. Rico calls into question. This comprehensive, Spanish-language study opens the way for a more realistic interpretation of both the works and motivations of Petrarch.


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