Petrarch

<p>Mark Musa in editing and translating Petrarch's Canzoniere has performed a wonderful service to the English-speaking reader. Here in one volume are included the poet's own selection of the best lyric verse he wrote throughout his life accompanied by brief but useful notes . . . --Chronicles<br /><br />As well as skillful and fluent verse renderings of the 366 lyrics that make up this milestone in the development of Western poetic tradition Musa offers copious and up-to-date annotation to each poem . . . along with a substantial sensitive and intelligent introduction that is genuinely helpful for the first-time reader and thought provoking for Petrarch scholars and other medievalists. --Choice<br /><br />The 366 poems of Petrarch's Canzoniere represent one of the most influential works in Western literature. Varied in form style and subject matter these scattered rhymes contains metaphors and conceits that have been absorbed into the literature and language of love. In this bilingual edition Mark Musa provides verse translations annotations and an introduction co-authored with Barbara Manfredi.</p>