Title: Writing Beloveds
Description: Writing Beloveds considers the way in which a poetic convention, the 'beloved' to whom Renaissance amatory poetry was addressed, becomes influential political rhetoric, an instrument that both men and women used to shape and justify their claims to power.
Subjects: Petrarca, francesco, 1304-1374, Italian poetry, history and criticism, Petrarchism, Politics in literature, Sex role in literature, Influence, Italian poetry, History and criticism, Humanism in literature, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)