Written by one of the greatest poets of all time, "My Secret Book, " now in its first English translation, is a profound and deeply personal account of inner suffering and mental anguish. Deeply troubled by his struggle--and failure--to achieve spiritual perfection, Petrarch, considered the forefather of Italian humanism, sought catharsis in the writing of a "secret book." Only here could he pour out his innermost thoughts, frustrations, and desires. Written in the form of a dialogue between himself and St. Augustine, the ...
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Written by one of the greatest poets of all time, "My Secret Book, " now in its first English translation, is a profound and deeply personal account of inner suffering and mental anguish. Deeply troubled by his struggle--and failure--to achieve spiritual perfection, Petrarch, considered the forefather of Italian humanism, sought catharsis in the writing of a "secret book." Only here could he pour out his innermost thoughts, frustrations, and desires. Written in the form of a dialogue between himself and St. Augustine, the book wrestles with the universal themes of suffering, desire, fear, and joy. The result is a rare insight into Petrarch's life and thought and a remarkable early example of self-revelation and autobiography.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Hesperus Classics. Audience: General/trade. Brand new book, tight, clean, unmarked, unread. Out of print classic work by the first Renaissance humanist.
This is an important document in the history of Renaissance sensibility and of particular interest in considering the transition from medieval courtly love to the Renaissance ideal in which Petrarch was an influential figure. The translation by the excellent J. G. Nichols is fluent and elegant but I don't agree with him that the main influence is Cicero: Petrarch does rightly acknowledge a debt to Cicero but Boetheius is surely an even greater influence, though not acknowledged as such.
