Authorizing Petrarch / / William J. Kennedy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Kennedy, William J.,
• MitwirkendeR: Kennedy, William J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; References --; 1. Petrarchan Authorities And The Authorization Of Petrarch --; 2. Authorizing Commentaries --; 3. Authorizing Petrarch In Italy --; 4. Authorizing Gender Revisions --; 5. Authorizing Petrarch In England: Edmund Spenser’S Amoretti --; Conclusion --; Appendix --; Primary Texts Cited --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501736902; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501736902
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William J. Kennedy.

Kennedy chronicles the process of Petrarch's canonization from the interpretive commentaries found in rare fifteenth- and sixteenth-century editions of Rime sparse through the imitative poetry of early modern writers in Italy, France, and England. The commentaries—each employing a different Petrarch to promote a different ideological paradigm—take a wide range of approaches to important contemporaneous issues relating to politics, class, religion, love, and gender relationships.