I am less amazed by Lipke's original question than the subsequent answers of my learned friends and colleagues. Have we come to such a state that a literary critical term as vague as "petrarchanism" foreshadows "Christianity. May I suggest my new Penguin "Petrarch in English" for a start. It does deal with the problem. tproche
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From: lipke <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, November 16, 2007 4:35 pm
Subject: Petrarchism and Christianity
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> Has anybody teased out any relationships between Petrarchism and
> Christianity in the Early Modern Period? Is there an argument
> that they
> were oppositional movements/beliefs/philosophical systems or that they
> simply ran in tandem? Can anyone recommend some reading I might find
> useful? Somebody suggested C.S. Lewis. The Allegory of Love.
> I've read
> that but didn't find it very helpful.
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> Thanks!
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> Ian Lipke
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