Donne's Petrarch

Date: Tue Oct 11 2:01 PM, 2005

Donne's Petrarch

Date: Wed Oct 12 8:59 AM, 2005

Have you looked at Nancy Andreasen's John Donne? Conservative Revolutionary? She deals with the Petrarchan influence on Donne but I don't remember the details of her evidence.

Date: Thu Oct 13 9:19 AM, 2005

Thanks for the recommendation--I'd not known about Andreasen's book. Although it contains a lively, provocative discussion of Donne's "profane Petrarchan love," there is not, alas, any discussion of in what language, edition, etc. Donne read Petrarch.

Date: Sat Oct 15 11:31 AM, 2005

This is probably too obvious to need mentioning, but what does Donald Guss have to say about this?

Date: Mon Oct 17 2:44 PM, 2005

Alas, Guss doesn't say anthing pertinent on the matter.

Date: Tue Oct 18 8:23 AM, 2005

You might try Silvia Ruffo-Fiore's Donne's Petrarchism: A Comparative View (1976).

Date: Fri Oct 28 10:07 PM, 2005

My office is CAL 317, pal.