Article: 'D'invidia e D'amor Figlia si Ria': jealousy and the Italian renaissance.(Italian lyrical poetry)(Critical Essay)

Although the Cinquecento love lyric relies mainly upon themes authorized by Petrarch's Return vulgarium fragmenta (hereafter referred to as RFP), a number of new topoi appear during the course of the century. (1) Many originate with non-lyric texts, and their gradual acceptance within the lyric genre indicates changes in the subject matter perceived as suitable to it, and in the amorous philosophy which underpins it. Among such new themes, that of jealousy is especially significant, because of both the frequency with which it appears in Renaissance verse, and the implications which this has for the concept of love expressed within the lyric. Jealousy appears in the lyric ...

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