Petrarch and His Legacies

Thisbook gathers cutting-edge articles by prominent scholarsreflectingon Petrarch's poetry and his long legacy,from the Renaissance to the present day.The scholars engaged in this volume read Petrarch in the context of his own world and with a variety of theoretical and critical approaches, never overlooking the opportunity for an interdisciplinary reading that combines poetry and visual arts. The volume includes scholars from the United States and Europe (Italy, in particular), thus offering the opportunity tocomparedifferenttheoreticalapproaches. The articles in the secondhalfof the volume celebrate Petrarch's legacies beyond the historically fundamental RenaissancePetrarchism, while exploring the presence of Petrarch's poetry in several cultural realities.The scholars also read Petrarch with necessary attention to new disciplines such asdigitalhumanities.The richness of the volume lies in these innovative perusals of Petrarch's works not only through the critical lens of dedicated scholars, but also through their readings of artists who throughout the centuries appreciated and revived Petrarch's poetry in their own literary endeavors.