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Petrarch's Humanism and the Care of the Self (Hardcover)
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Petrarch's Humanism and the Care of the Self (Hardcover)
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Petrarch was one of the founding fathers of Renaissance humanism,
yet the nature and significance of his ideas are still widely
debated. In this book, Gur Zak examines two central issues in
Petrarch's works - his humanist philosophy and his concept of the
self. Zak argues that both are defined by Petrarch's idea of care
for the self. Overcome by a strong sense of fragmentation, Petrarch
turned to the ancient idea that philosophy can bring harmony and
wholeness to the soul through the use of spiritual exercises in the
form of writing. Examining his vernacular poetry and his Latin
works from both literary and historical perspectives, Zak explores
Petrarch's attempts to use writing as a spiritual exercise, how his
spiritual techniques absorbed and transformed ancient and medieval
traditions of writing, and the tensions that arose from his efforts
to care for the self through writing.
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