Mirrors of Commentary
Renaissance Exegesis of Petrarch’s Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16475413 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William J Kennedy (Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-19 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Italian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0075-1634 • E-ISSN: 1748-6181 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00751634.2020.1698500 |
| OpenAlex | W2998311441 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The exegetical trope of ‘commentaries as mirrors of a text’ lends itself to vast diversification. In approaching classical texts Petrarch deployed contrasting modes of cross-reference exemplified by Servius, and of interpretation in bono and in malo exemplified by St Augustine, both in late antiquity. In the early age of print, commentators on Petrarch’s Rerum vulgarium fragmenta contributed other modes developed by Italian humanists. Milanese commentators explored a sense of regional rivalry and partisanship in the poet’s work. Venetian commentators probed his life-experiences as a guide to individual poems and focused upon merits of their style. Neapolitan commentators examined virtuosic effects of their rhetorical turns. In Modena and Ferrara commentators identified proto-Reformationist elements of their religious doctrine. For Renaissance readers these collective approaches mirror and illuminate Petrarch’s texts in myriad ways
Art · Art history · Banquet · Classicism · Exegesis · Humanism · Interpretation (philosophy · Literature · Poetry · Rhetorical question · Rivalry · The Renaissance · Theology · Early Modern Spanish Literature · Philosophy · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |