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Petrarchan poets were self-consciously aware of themselves as poets—as craftsmen, revisers, and professionals. As William J. Kennedy shows in Petrarchism at Work, this commitment to professionalism and the mastery of poetic craft is essential to understanding Petrarch's legacy.
William J. Kennedy is Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities in the Department of Comparative Literature at Cornell University. He is the author of several books, including The Site of Petrarchism: Early Modern National Sentiment in Italy, France, and England and Authorizing Petrarch.
"No one knows the Renaissance reception of Petrarchism with the depth and detail that William J. Kennedy does, and he brings all his learning to bear on beautiful readings of particular sonnets that unfold into overarching social and intellectual trends. This terrific book offers a compelling reconceptualization of the Petrarchan tradition, and it will be required reading for all students of the period."
Timothy Hampton, Aldo Scaglione and Marie M. Burns Distinguished Professor of French and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley, author of Fictions of Embassy: Literature and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe:
"Petrarchism at Work is an excellent book, immensely learned, nuanced, timely, and strikingly original in its argument. William J. Kennedy is the undisputed master of the Renaissance lyrical tradition, and this book is a major contribution to our understanding of how poetry works and of how literature functions in different social and economic contexts. Petrarchism at Work will help invigorate our understanding of how poetry works in early modern culture and reaffirms the centrality of the Petrarchan tradition for literary culture in the European West. Highly recommended."
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