Petrarch's Humanism and the Care of the Self

摘要: Petrarch was one of the founding fathers Renaissance humanism, yet nature and significance his ideas are still widely debated. In this book, Gur Zak examines two central issues in Petrarch's works - humanist philosophy concept self. argues that both defined by idea care for Overcome a strong sense fragmentation, turned to ancient can bring harmony wholeness soul through use spiritual exercises form writing. Examining vernacular poetry Latin from literary historical perspectives, explores attempts writing as exercise, how techniques absorbed transformed medieval traditions writing, tensions arose efforts self