Franceso Petrarch (1304-1374), creator of the sonnet form, remained for more than three hundred years the most influential poet in Europe, his works more widely

Containing English language versions of Franceso Petrarch's poems from across six centuries, this book includes English poems influenced by Petrarch. It feature

Containing English language versions of Franceso Petrarch's poems from across six centuries, this book includes English poems influenced by Petrarch. It feature

Francesco Petrarca (1304-74) has been described as the 'first modern man of letters' and his influence on the European lyric tradition has been widespread. The

Petrarch fashioned so many different versions of himself for posterity that it is an exacting task to establish where one might start to explore. . . . Hainswor