Petrarch: A Critical Guide to the Complete Works

Part 1. An Enduring Vernacular Legacy. The Self In The Labyrinth Of Time (rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta) / Teodolinda Barolini ; The Poem Of Memory (triumphi) / Fabio Finotti ; Petrarch's Damned Poetry And The Poetics Of Exclusion (rime Disperse) / Justin Steinberg -- Part 2. Literary Debut, Latin Humanism, And Orations. The Rebirth Of The Romans As Models Of Character (de Viris Illustribus) / Ronald G. Witt ; Petrarch's Philological Epic (africa) / Simone Marchesi ; The Beginnings Of Humanistic Oratory: Petrarch's Collatio Laureationis / Dennis Looney ; Petrarch The Courtier: Five Public Speeches (arenga Facta Venecijs, Arringa Facta Mediolani, Arenga Facta In Civitate Novarie, Collatio Brevis Coram Iohanne Francorum Rege, Orazione Per La Seconda Ambasceria Veneziana) / Victoria Kirkham ; The Unforgettable Books Of Things To Be Remembered (rerum Memorandarum Libri) / Paolo Cherchi -- Part 3. Contemplative Serenity. Pastoral As Personal History (bucolicum Carmen) / Stefano Carrai --^ You Will Be My Solitude: Solitude As Prophecy (de Vita Solitaria) / Armando Maggi ; A Humanistic Approach To Religious Solitude (de Otio Religioso) / Susanna Barsella -- Part 4. Journeys Into The Soul. The Burning Question: Crisis And Cosmology In The Secret (secretum) / David Marsh ; Petrarch's Personal Psalms (psalmi Penitentiales) / E. Ann Matter ; The Place Of The Itinerarium (itinerarium Ad Sepulchrum Domini Nostri Yhesu Christi) / Theodore J. Cachey Jr. -- Part 5. Life's Turbulence. On The Two Faces Of Fortune (de Remediis Utriusque Fortunae) / Timothy Kircher ; The Art Of Invective (invective Contra Medicum) / Stefano Cracolici ; The Economy Of Invective And A Man In The Middle (de Sui Ipsius Et Multorum Ignorantia) / William J. Kennedy --^ Part 6. Petrarch The Epistler. A Poetic Journal (epystole) / Giuseppe Velli ; The Book Without A Name: Petrarch's Open Secret (liber Sine Nomine) / Ronald L. Martinez ; The Uncollected Poet (lettere Disperse) / Lynn Laura Westwater ; Petrarch's Epistolary Epic: Letters On Familiar Matters (rerum Familiarum Libri) / Giuseppe F. Mazzotta ; Letters Of Old Age: Love Between Men, Griselde, And Farewell To Letters (rerum Senilium Libri) / David Wallace -- Epilogue. To Write As Another: The Testamentum (testamentum) / Armando Maggi. Edited By Victoria Kirkham And Armando Maggi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.