Petrarch's Genius: Pentimento and ProphecyUniversity of California Press, 2023 M04 28 - 224 pages Marjorie Boyle is the first theologian to write about Petrarch the poet as theologian. With her extraordinarily broad and deep knowledge of the theological, historical, and literary contexts of her subject, she presents an entirely original and revisionary account of Petrarch's literary career. Petrarch, she argues, has been misunderstood by the division of his literary enterprise into two sides—Petrarch the poet, Petrarch the humanist reformer—studied by literary critics and historians respectively. Boyle demonstrates that the division is artificial, that the two sides are part of the same prophetic mission. Petrarch's Genius is an important book that deserves to be read by all Petrarch scholars—theologians as well as literary critics and historians. |
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... instrument , for they hear what you say , but they will not do it . When this comes — and come it will ! —then they will know that a prophet has been among them . Ezekiel 33 : 32-33 Introduction 1. Hail , True Apollo ! 2. The Sylvan.
... instrument , for they hear what you say , but they will not do it . When this comes — and come it will ! —then they will know that a prophet has been among them . Ezekiel 33 : 32-33 Introduction 1. Hail , True Apollo ! 2. The Sylvan.
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Pentimento and Prophecy Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle. Introduction 1. Hail , True Apollo ! 2. The Sylvan Citizen 3. The Babylonian Captive Contents II 44 74 113 4. Wounded Lovers Epilogue 153 Notes 159 Primary Sources 207 Index of Petrarch's ...
Pentimento and Prophecy Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle. Introduction 1. Hail , True Apollo ! 2. The Sylvan Citizen 3. The Babylonian Captive Contents II 44 74 113 4. Wounded Lovers Epilogue 153 Notes 159 Primary Sources 207 Index of Petrarch's ...
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... true door , or Christ . The dull mind rises to truth through what is material ; in seeing its light it is resurrected from submersion in matter . 27 This was an ideal to which Petrarch aspired , although he hardly found its execution ...
... true door , or Christ . The dull mind rises to truth through what is material ; in seeing its light it is resurrected from submersion in matter . 27 This was an ideal to which Petrarch aspired , although he hardly found its execution ...
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... vary from that of the collective imagination , it seems cogent to relinquish moralizing about Petrarch the sinner and resume research on Petrarch the humanist . 1 Hail , True Apollo ! The ancient march commenced ΙΟ Introduction.
... vary from that of the collective imagination , it seems cogent to relinquish moralizing about Petrarch the sinner and resume research on Petrarch the humanist . 1 Hail , True Apollo ! The ancient march commenced ΙΟ Introduction.
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Contents
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Hail True Apollo | 11 |
The Sylvan Citizen | 44 |
The Babylonian Captive | 74 |
Wounded Lovers | 113 |
Epilogue | 153 |
Notes | 159 |
Primary Sources | 207 |
Index of Petrarchs Works | 213 |
Index of Names | 214 |
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