Petrarch’s Africa and Its Afterlives

This open access monograph sheds new light on the epic by focusing on its importance as a vector for ideas about Africa and Africans between the 14th and 20th centuries. In Italy and abroad, the 14th-century poet Petrarch’s Italian verse has secured his place in literary history. Yet his greatest tr...

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Main Author:	Agbamu, Samuel
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) 2026
Subjects:	Neo-Latin Classical reception Punic War Hannibal Scipio Roman Republic Critical race studies Macrobius Augustine Carthage Renaissance thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history::NHHA African history: pre-colonial period thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DB Ancient, classical and medieval texts thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
Online Access:	ONIX_20260621T103019_9781350330801_66
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