Essays about: "Petrarchism"

Found 1 essay containing the word Petrarchism.

  1. 1. From the Italian Shore : Tracing the Petrarchan Tradition in Alfred Tennyson’s In Memoriam

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Boris Lazic; [2016]
    Keywords : Poetry; Victorian literature; Petrarchism;

    Abstract : This essay is focused on Alfred Tennyson’s In Memoriam, interpreting the poem against the background of a Petrarchan tradition. In this text I show how Tennyson’s work exhibits several parallels to the traditional elements of Petrarchism, both in terms of the themes it explores and of itsmore formal aspects. READ MORE