{"product_id":"the-icy-fire-five-studies-in-european-petrarchism-0521295211","title":"The Icy Fire: Five Studies in European Petrarchism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0521295211\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Forster, Leonard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this short introductory book, Professor Forster examines Petrarchism as a European phenomenon transcending national boundaries. He begins with a general survey of themes and conventions, providing, with quotation, something like a repertory of the devices. He then shows in an important historical study how various vernacular literatures were seeking for a renewal of poetic diction at the moment when Petrarchism was available to meet the need. The third study examines specific forms and shows how realism in love-relationships could be accommodated within the tradition. A fourth shows how the literary conventions, applied to England's Virgin queen, could serve political and national ends; and the last shows the devices still being used in Goethe's Faust. This is a learned and engaging book, ranging freely among literatures: Latin, Italian, French, Dutch, English, and German, with translations provided. It gives an introduction to one of the most important and longest-lasting traditions in comparative literary studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51939474571552,"sku":"NEW0521295211","price":62.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-icy-fire-five-studies-in-european-petrarchism-0521295211","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}