canzonière

Canzoniere Book Description Canzoniere is based on Petrarch's effort to immortalize love. In the poems, everything, all nature descriptions, every emotion described, every remembered and experienced event is conveyed on an imaginary plane that glorifies the loved one. However, Petrarch handles even such traditional themes in a highly original style, blending the classical style with new poetic forms. The reader will encounter all forms of love in these poems, love as virtue, worship and sensuality; He will see that love as hope, fear and captivity is depicted in an allusive style, with connotations, and with an extraordinary sensitivity and richness of expression. Petrarch also investigates the function and purpose of the love poem. In his lyrical poems, Petrarch displays his formal mastery, poetic awareness and technical equipment in this way. This masterpiece we present with Kemal Atakay's meticulous translation; With its introduction examining Petrarch's understanding of poetry, its notes providing extensive explanations of the poems, and its solid bibliography, it will constitute an indispensable reference source, a basic book, for poetry lovers. (From the Promotional Bulletin)