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Petrarch

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Pe·trarch  (pträrk, pträrk) or Pe·trar·ca (p-trärkä), Francesco 1304-1374.
Italian poet, scholar, and humanist who is famous for Canzoniere, a collection of love lyrics.
Pe·trarchan (p-trärkn) adj.
Petrarch [ˈpɛtrɑːk]
n
(Biographies / Petrarch (1304-1374) M, Italian, WRITING: poet, MISC: scholar) Italian name Francesco Petrarca. 1304-74, Italian lyric poet and scholar, who greatly influenced the values of the Renaissance. His collection of poems Canzoniere, inspired by his ideal love for Laura, was written in the Tuscan dialect. He also wrote much in Latin, esp the epic poem Africa (1341) and the Secretum (1342), a spiritual self-analysis
Petrarchan  adj
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Noun1.Petrarch - an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)Petrarch - an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)
Francesco Petrarca, Petrarca
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Petrarch [ˈpetrɑːk] N → Petrarca
Petrarch
n → Petrarca m
Petrarch [ˈpɛtrɑːk] n → Petrarca m
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I had already a slight general notion of Italian letters from Leigh Hunt, and from other agreeable English Italianates; and I knew that I wanted to read not only the four great poets, Dante, Petrarch, Ariosto, and Tasso, but that whole group of burlesque poets, Pulci, Berni, and the rest, who, from what I knew of them, I thought would be even more to my mind.
My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context
Let the world go on fretting about Laura and Petrarch if it will; but as for me, my tears and my lamentations shall be lavished upon the unsung defendant.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
From this time, and especially after his other visit to Italy, five years later, he made much direct use of the works of Petrarch and Boccaccio and to a less degree of those of their greater predecessor, Dante, whose severe spirit was too unlike Chaucer's for his thorough appreciation.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
 
 
 
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