%0 Journal Article
%T The bard of love: Memory and antiquity in Petrarch
%A Giona Tuccini
%J Forum Italicum
%@ 2168-989X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0014585818812452
%X Departing from Aulus Gellius¡¯ concept of ¡®classicus¡¯, the article explores the intersection of this term with others, such as ¡®exemplary¡¯, ¡®ancient¡¯ and ¡®modern¡¯, while focusing on the classical hallmark of Petrarch¡¯s oeuvre and on his relationship with classical authors, notably the Latin authors. It is precisely the figure of Petrarch, whose evocative lyrics have been a centuries-old source of inspiration, extending as far as Zanzotto in the 20th century, that warrants the introduction of the ¡®ancient versus modern¡¯ dichotomy. This has been subject to various interpretations over the centuries, with particular reference to the Fathers of the Church and to Humanism, the central perspective of renewal and research, which ¨C while not being exempt from paradoxes and incongruities ¨C encases the origins of ¡®modern culture¡¯ and modernity, by virtue of its emphasis on the study of the humanae litterae and on the concept of human perfectibility
%K ancient/modern
%K classical
%K Humanism
%K modernity
%K Petrarch
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0014585818812452