Project Gutenberg 2015-10-25 Public domain in the USA. 2235 Petrarca, Francesco 1304 1374 Petrarch Petrarca, Franciscus Petrarch, Francesco Petrarcha, Franciscus Higginson, Thomas Wentworth 1823 1911 Higginson, T. W. (Thomas Wentworth) Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch Produced by Carlo Traverso, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net, in celebration of Distributed Proofreaders' 15th Anniversary, using images generously made available by The Internet Archive. "Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch" by Francesco Petrarca is a collection of poetry that showcases the timeless beauty of love, nature, and loss, written during the 14th century, a period of the early Renaissance. This compilation offers a glimpse into Petrarch's emotions and thoughts, particularly focused on his affection for Laura, a muse whose memory deeply inspires his work. Through his exquisite sonnets, Petrarch explores themes of longing, beauty, and the transient nature of life, laying the groundwork for modern lyrical poetry. The content of this book features a selection of Petrarch's reflective sonnets that encapsulate his passionate yet melancholic musings about love and mortality. Each sonnet is a meditation on the dualities of desire and despair, beauty and transience, as Petrarch grapples with the impact of Laura's presence and subsequent absence in his life. His rich imagery and emotional depth serve to evoke a vivid sense of longing as he navigates experiences of joy, heartache, and the pursuit of unattainable ideals. Ultimately, these sonnets transcend their historical context, resonating with readers across the centuries through their universal themes of love and loss. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Italian poetry -- To 1400 -- Translations into English Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 76974 76982 2024-09-21T05:03:03.754894 2023-09-21T14:49:57.947625 text/html text/html 73894 2015-10-25T10:55:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 332847 2015-10-25T10:55:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 360672 2024-09-21T05:03:06.837398 application/epub+zip 359675 2024-09-21T05:03:04.473864 application/epub+zip 94194 2024-09-21T05:03:04.097874 application/epub+zip 405479 2024-09-21T05:03:08.572321 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 378151 2024-09-21T05:03:06.436389 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126005 2022-09-22T17:38:24.609916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55193 54937 2024-09-21T05:03:03.428875 2023-09-21T14:49:57.546611 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 54960 2015-10-25T10:55:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 22613 2015-10-25T10:55:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19429 2024-09-21T05:03:08.700329 application/rdf+xml 31353 2024-09-21T05:03:04.189855 image/jpeg 4254 2024-09-21T05:03:04.143845 image/jpeg 334077 2024-09-21T05:03:03.773874 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia