Article: The Worlds of Petrarch.

Formulator of a modern mode of thinking while still rooted in the medieval world he was transforming, Petrarch is one of the most elusive and complex personalities of European intellectual history. The multifaceted and forever contradictory writings of Petrarch have been the subject of much speculation among scholars of medieval and Renaissance culture. A provocative and highly inclusive work, Giuseppe Mazzotta's The Worlds of Petrarch is a valuable addition to the rich Petrarchan scholarship encompassing studies Mazzotta has written throughout his career as well as new ones written specifically for this monograph. The Worlds of Petrarch treats all the major concerns of this ...

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