Preface
Introductory Notes
1. Laura and the Critics
i. De Sanctis
ii. Croce
iii. Calcaterra
iv. Contini
v. Bosco
vi. Noferi
vii. Ramat
2. Laura and the Rime
i. The First Form of the Collection
ii. The Second Form of the Collection
iii. The Third Form of the Collection
iv. The Fourth Form of the Collection
v. The Fifth Form of the Collection
vi. The Sixth Form: First period
vii. The Sixth Form: Second period
viii. The Sixth Form: Third period
ix. The Sixth Form: Fourth period
x. The Seventh or Main Malatesta Form
xi. The Eighth or Quiriniano Form
xii. The Malatesta Supplements
xiii. The Ninth and Final Form
xiv. The Reordering of the Last Thirty Poems
3. Laura in Petrarch's Latin Works
i. The Prose Letters
ii. Letters in Verse
iii. The Coronation Oration
iv. The Secretum
v. The Bucolicum Carmen
4. Petrarch's Triumphs and the Critics
i. Calcaterra
ii. Goffis
5. Triumphus Cupidinis
i. Triumphus cupidinis I
ii. Triumphus cupidinis 11
iii. Triumphus cupidinis III
iv. Triumphus cupidinis IV
6. From the Triumphus Pudicitiae to the Triumphus Famae
i. Triumphus pudicitiae
ii. Triumphus mortis I
iii. Triumphus mortis II
7. The Triumphus Famae and the Triumphus Temporis
i. Triumphus famae I
ii. Triumphus famae II
iii. Triumphus famae III
iv. Triumphus temporis
8. Triumphus Aeternitatis
9. Laura as Nova Figura
10. Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index