Overcome by a strong sense of fragmentation, Petrarch turned to the ancient idea that philosophy can bring harmony and wholeness to the soul through the use of spiritual exercises in the form of ...

It is admirable that Bonhoeffer endeavors to highlight Black life. But one must be careful that the Black life of one’s representation is not playing in the dark of caricatured Black people. Dietrich ...

This book is a new history of early modern gender, told through the lyric poetry of Renaissance Italy. In the evolution of Western gender roles, the Italian Renaissance was a watershed moment, when a ...

T oday marks the 650th anniversary of the death of the medieval Italian poet, scholar and humanist Francesco Petrarca, known in English as Petrarch.Acknowledged as one of the most significant ...