Hieroglyph of Time : the Petrarchan Sestina.

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Hieroglyph of Time was first published in 1981. ""A dance of the intellect among words, "" Ezra Pound called the sestina. A poetic form invented by a Provençal troubadour, Arnaut Daniel, the sestina was elaborated and refined by Petrarch and is used today exactly as it was creat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shapiro, Marianne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1980.
Subjects:
Petrarca, Francesco, > 1304-1374 > Criticism and interpretation.
Petrarca, Francesco, > 1304-1374
Sestinas > History and criticism.
Sestinas, Italian > History and criticism.
Sextines > Histoire et critique.
POETRY > General.
Sestinas
Sestinas, Italian
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS; PREFATORY NOTE; Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2. ARNAUT AND ARNALDIANS; Chapter 3. CONCEPTS OF TIME AND THE PETRARCHAN SESTINA; Chapter 4. DANTE; FIVE SESTINAS BY PETRARCH; Chapter 5. DIALECTICS OF RENAISSANCE IMITATION: THE CASE OF PONTUS DE TYARD; Chapter 6. THE PASTORAL SESTINA; Chapter 7. THE SHIP ALLEGORY; Chapter 8. EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; INDEXES.

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