whats a petrarchan lover , romeo and juliet ?

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This is a total tangent: I believe that I read that Petrarch also invented the italic type face. It was a long time ago, but that sticks with me.

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Petrarch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There is psychological realism in the description of Laura and Petrarch's love is nothing conventional - unlike some cliché women of troubadours and courtly ...

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Petrarchan Love Conventions: * the poet addresses a lady (corresponding to Petrarch's Laura) * she often has a classical name like Stella or Delia ...

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influence of Petrarch's writings

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In Search of Shakespeare . Juliet Trumps Laura: Shakespeare and ...

I had just explained that Francesco Petrarch (1304-74) was responsible for establishing certain ideas about love-relationships. ...

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Petrarchan Love and the Continental Renaissance - Braden, Gordon ...

Braden closely examines Petrarch’s theme of love for an impossible object of desire, a theme that captivated and inspired across centuries, societies, ...

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Petrarchan sonnet: Definition from Answers.com

The widespread imitation of Petrarch's love poetry in Europe, reaching its height in the 16th century, is known as Petrarchism. ...

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Petrarchan Love and the Continental Renaissance. - Free Online Library

Free Online Library: Petrarchan Love and the Continental Renaissance.(Review) by "Renaissance Quarterly"; Humanities, general Literature, writing, ...

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EBSCOhost Connection: Petrarchan Love and the Continental ...

Translation & Literature: Reviews the book 'Petrarchan Love and the Continental Renaissance,' by Gordon Braden.

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Alan F. Nagel - Petrarchan Love and the Continental Renaissance ...

Petrarchan Love and the Continental Renaissance. By Gordon Braden. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1999. xvi + 198 pp. ...

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Amazon.com: Petrarchan Love and the Continental Renaissance: Gordon Braden: Your Store.

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Petrarch was a 14th century Italian, famous for inventing the sonnet form. He wrote a lot of poetry to his lady Laura.

Romeo, in composing poetry for Juliet, can be described as a Petrarchan lover. Mercutio mentions Petrarch when teasing Romeo about love.