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245 10 a| My secret book /c| Francesco Petrarca ; edited and translated by Nicholas Mann.;

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264 1 a| Cambridge, Massachusetts :b| Harvard University Press,c| 2016.;

300 a| xvii, 283 pages ;c| 22 cm.;

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490 1 a| The I Tatti Renaissance library ;v| 72;

546 a| Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.;

500 a| Latin text is based on the edition prepared by Enrico Carrara (1955), while incorporating the small corrections made by Antonietta Bufano in her 1975 edition.;

520 a| "It was by his own account during this period, sometime in 1342-43, when he was still resident at Vaucluse, that Petrarch was visited by a beautiful woman whom he quickly identified as Truth personified. They were immediately joined by an elderly man who turned out to be St Augustine (354-430 AD), to whose writings Petrarch had long been devoted. These facts are related in the Secretum, his Secret Book, which he apparently did not intend for publication, and to which he gives the subtitle "The private conflict of my thoughts." It records the extended discussion that took place in the silent presence of Truth between himself and the Saint, or more exactly between two characters named Franciscus and Augustinus: an intense but somewhat inconclusive three-day dialogue divided into three books and ranging widely over Petrarch's unhappiness and personal problems. Like most of his writings, and in particular those in Latin, the Secretum contains significant elements of autobiography; indeed it is the most intimate and the most fascinating of Petrarch's essays in self-scrutiny. Like most of his accounts of himself, it reveals a writer carefully crafting the image that he will bequeath to posterity, and in this respect is closely complementary to his vernacular lyrics, his letters, and the less personal representations of himself in his Latin treatises. And finally, like almost all his works, it shows evidence of an extended period of composition and revision, and thus obliges us to recognize the chronological distance between the events and the final form in which they are described."--Provided by publisher.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-277) and index.;

600 10 a| Petrarca, Francesco,d| 1304-1374v| Fiction.=| ^A20791;

600 00 a| Augustine,c| of Hippo, Saint,d| 354-430v| Fiction.=| ^A15441;

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700 1 a| Mann, Nicholas,e| editor,e| translator.=| ^A184917;

700 1 a| Carrara, Enrico,d| 1871-1958,e| editor.=| ^A1290237;

700 1 a| Bufano, Antonietta,e| editor.=| ^A516699;

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My secret book / Francesco Petrarca ; edited and translated by Nicholas Mann.

Author/creator	Petrarca, Francesco author.
Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Description	xvii, 283 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374--Fiction. Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430--Fiction.

Other author/creator	Mann, Nicholas, editor, translator.
Other author/creator	Carrara, Enrico, 1871-1958, editor.
Other author/creator	Bufano, Antonietta, editor.
Included Work	Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Secretum Latin. (Carrara and Bufano)
Included Work	Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Secretum. English. (Mann)
Series	The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 72 I Tatti Renaissance library ; 72. ^A481188
Abstract	"It was by his own account during this period, sometime in 1342-43, when he was still resident at Vaucluse, that Petrarch was visited by a beautiful woman whom he quickly identified as Truth personified. They were immediately joined by an elderly man who turned out to be St Augustine (354-430 AD), to whose writings Petrarch had long been devoted. These facts are related in the Secretum, his Secret Book, which he apparently did not intend for publication, and to which he gives the subtitle "The private conflict of my thoughts." It records the extended discussion that took place in the silent presence of Truth between himself and the Saint, or more exactly between two characters named Franciscus and Augustinus: an intense but somewhat inconclusive three-day dialogue divided into three books and ranging widely over Petrarch's unhappiness and personal problems. Like most of his writings, and in particular those in Latin, the Secretum contains significant elements of autobiography; indeed it is the most intimate and the most fascinating of Petrarch's essays in self-scrutiny. Like most of his accounts of himself, it reveals a writer carefully crafting the image that he will bequeath to posterity, and in this respect is closely complementary to his vernacular lyrics, his letters, and the less personal representations of himself in his Latin treatises. And finally, like almost all his works, it shows evidence of an extended period of composition and revision, and thus obliges us to recognize the chronological distance between the events and the final form in which they are described."--Provided by publisher.
General note	Latin text is based on the edition prepared by Enrico Carrara (1955), while incorporating the small corrections made by Antonietta Bufano in her 1975 edition.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-277) and index.
Language	Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
Genre/form	Fiction.
LCCN	2015037319
ISBN	9780674003460 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0674003462 (alk. paper)

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