Petrarch's English Laurels, 1475-1700

The powerful influence of Petrarch on the development of Renaissance vernacular poetry has long been recognized as one of the major factors in early modern cultural history; this work provides a far more comprehensive catalogue of the direct evidence for that influence in England than any yet available. Following the model of Boswell''s Dante''s Fame in England (1999), it offers an itemized presen...