Petrarch's Humanism and the Care of the Self

Petrarch was one of the founding fathers of Renaissance humanism, yet the nature and significance of his ideas are still widely debated. In this book, Gur Zak examines two central issues in Petrarch''s works - his humanist philosophy and his concept of the self. Zak argues that both are defined by Petrarch''s idea of care for the self. Overcome by a strong sense of fragmentation, Petrarch turned t...