Petrarch's 'Secretum' with Introduction, Notes, and Critical Anthology

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A fresh translation of Petrarch's Secretum with critical apparatus and an anthology of representative critical essays from the best scholarship on this work since the turn of the century. This fundamental document in the history of Humanism is placed within its historical and scholarly tradition, with attention to its relevance to the modern age.
The Secretum and the critical anthology show how Petrarch's literary consciousness, attitude toward ancient writers, and change in literary taste mark the dawn of a new civilization and the forming of an aesthetic ideal that will be accepted for many centuries in Europe.

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Howard J. Shey

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«The authors' project to translate Petrarch's 'Secretum' and related texts is certainly of great worth and will indeed be of great value to students of Renaissance literature and culture. One must admire the foresight of Carozza and Shey in taking on the challenge.» (Albert N. Mancini, The Ohio State University President, AATI)
«I have no doubt that this translation and critical anthology will prove invaluable to all who are interested in Petrarch, Humanism and Renaissance studies in general.» (Edoardo L. Lèbano, Professor of Italian and Director, Scuola Italiana, Middlebury College, Indiana University Center for Italian Studies)
«...Carozza and Shey have performed a great service by producing this fine new translation, complete with a valuable introduction, related prefatory materials, meticulous notes, and a judiciously selected anthology of other pertinent Petrarchan texts. ... Because of its major contribution toward a better understanding of the 'Secretum' and its crucial importance in the larger history of humanism, this volume is highly recommended for all libraries wishing to maintain strength in late-medieval and Renaissance literature and history.» (C. Kleinhenz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Choice)
«The author's careful translation replaces that of Draper (1911) which is hard to come by. Collateral texts (including the Ascent of Mount Ventoux), introduction, notes, chronological chart, and critical anthology all render this an invaluable contribution to scholarship. A model of its kind¿» (Internationale Zeitschriftenschau für Bibelwissenschaft und Grenzgebiete)
«...this new translation by Davy A. Carozza and H. James Shey meets a real need, and does so effectively. For Carozza and Shey have solved the problem of how to turn Petrarch's Latin into English that does the original justice and at the same time meets the demand of modern readers for idiomatic appropriateness. ...an excellently prepared translation of, and selection of critical studies on, the 'Secretum'.» (LVR, Neo-Latin News)
«...an intelligent, well rounded, and well tempered teaching instrument for the understanding of both text and context. The modest and secure scholarship of the introductory presentations, the generally accurate cadences of the translation, and the fairminded compilation of critical materials do justice to the worthy task of making the work of other scholars (in French and Italian) more accessible; but the particular contributions of the authors also call for admiring attention.» (Marianne Shapiro, Italica)
«...un volume di grande utilità didattica, sopratutto per gli studiosi di lingua inglese, e che, con grande chiarezza espositiva, riesce a fornire un panorama della situazione della critica letteraria e filologica relativa all'affascinante, sfuggente, singolare dialogo petrarchesco.» (Armando Bisanti, Mediaevistik)

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