Gur Zak

Petrarch's Humanism and the Care of the Self

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Gur Zak examines two central issues in Petrarch's works - his humanist philosophy and his concept of the self.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9781107689596
• ISBN-10: 1107689597
• Artikelnr.: 40452898

Autorenporträt

Gur Zak is Lecturer in Comparative Literature at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The indeterminate self: writing, desire, and temporality in Petrarch's Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
2. The crisis of the narrative self
3. Petrarch's humanism and the ethics of care of the self
4. Ovid, Augustine, and the limits of the ethics of care of the self
Conclusion.