Petrarch and the Literary Culture of Nineteenth-Century France: Translation, Appropriation, Transformation

by Jennifer Rushworth

Was Petrarch French? This book explores the various answers to that bold question offered by French readers and translators of Petrarch working in a period of less well-known but equally rich Petrarchism: the nineteenth century. It considers both translations and rewritings: the former comprise not only Petrarch's celebrated Italian poetry but also his often neglected Latin works; the latter explore Petrarch's influence on and presence in French...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843844567
• ISBN13: 9781843844563
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"