Petrarch's Lyric Poems: The "Rime Sparse" and Other Lyrics
For teachers and students of Petrarch, Durling's edition of the poems has become the standard one. Readers have praised the translation as both graceful and accurate, conveying a real understanding of what this difficult poet is saying. The literalness of the prose translation makes this...
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For teachers and students of Petrarch, Durling's edition of the poems has become the standard one. Readers have praised the translation as both graceful and accurate, conveying a real understanding of what this difficult poet is saying. The literalness of the prose translation makes this beautiful book especially useful to students who lack a full command of Italian. And students reading the verse in the original will find here an authoritative text.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780674663480 (0674663489)
ASIN: 674663489
Publish date: May 15th 1979
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Pages no: 672
Edition language: English
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