Kristján Hannesson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5920168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristján Hannesson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristján |
| FAMILY NAME | Hannesson |
| SIGNATURE | HANNESSON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On Gambling
Unfinished Designs
Scholars have related Petrarch's reflections on fragments and ancient ruins to his poetics and to his evolving sense of self. He expresses fears that his texts might become fragmented in the hands of posterity, and he would rather burn them than show them to the public in an unfinished state. Scholars have routinely noted his thought, derived from Saint Augustine, that the intentional fragment is spiritually and morally problematic. However, this…
Making Sense of Form
This article demonstrates how interpretation of the narrative arc of Francesco Petrarch’s Rvf governs readings of his double sestina, “Mia benigna fortuna e ’l viver lieto” (Rvf 332). Such readings have cast the poem as a simple self-negating lament, inducing scholars to skim over contradictions in the poem that, when examined closely, reveal radically different sentiments. The article examines how the form of the double sestina, as a trope, comb…
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Making Sense of Form
This article demonstrates how interpretation of the narrative arc of Francesco Petrarch’s Rvf governs readings of his double sestina, “Mia benigna fortuna e ’l viver lieto” (Rvf 332). Such readings have cast the poem as a simple self-negating lament, inducing scholars to skim over contradictions in the poem that, when examined closely, reveal radically different sentiments. The article examines how the form of the double sestina, as a trope, comb…
Unfinished Designs
Scholars have related Petrarch's reflections on fragments and ancient ruins to his poetics and to his evolving sense of self. He expresses fears that his texts might become fragmented in the hands of posterity, and he would rather burn them than show them to the public in an unfinished state. Scholars have routinely noted his thought, derived from Saint Augustine, that the intentional fragment is spiritually and morally problematic. However, this…
On Gambling
Art (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Poetry (2 works) · Renaissance Literature and Culture (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Byzantine Studies and History (1 work)