A “cavalier pensoso” between Machiavelli and Petrarch

Whereas much of Machiavellian lyric opus reveals a character of “anti-Petrarchism,” the relationship between Machiavelli and Petrarch’s civil poetry is more complex and intricate. It is not by chance that Machiavelli selected Petrarch’s verses to close . This article explores Machiavelli’s relations...

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Main Author: Carlo Varotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oregon Digital 2011-01-01
Series:Humanist Studies & The Digital Age
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Online Access:http://journals.oregondigital.org/index.php/hsda/article/view/1171