Author: Petrarch, Francesco - Cook, James Wyatt [translator]
Title: Petrarch's Songbook - Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta. A Verse Translation
Description: Medieval & Renaissance Text & Studies - Pegasus Paperbooks, Binghampton, 1996, 1st edition. Paperback, F. xiv+447pp, index, a fine copy. New. Paperback , no dustjacket. ISBN: 0866981926 ¶ A parallel Italian - English translation of Petrarch's body of 366 poems, the Canzoniere ( or Rime Sparse - Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta ). The poems are mainly sonnets, & are written in vernacular Italian. The main theme of the verse is the poet's love for Laura, a woman Petrarch allegedly met on April 6, 1327.

Keywords: ISBN 0866981926, poetry, medieval literature, italian literature, love poetry 0866981926