Petrarchism

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English

Etymology

From Petrarch +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɪˈtɹɑːkɪzəm/, enPR: pĭ-trärʹkĭ-zəm
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɛˈtɹɑɹkɪzəm/, /piˈtɹɑɹkɪzəm/, enPR: pĕ-trärʹkĭ-zəm, pē-trärʹkĭ-zəm
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧trarch‧ism

Noun

Petrarchism (countable and uncountable, plural Petrarchisms)

  1. (uncountable) The literary style of Petrarch.
    Synonym: Petrarchanism
  2. (countable) Any literary work or passage written in this style.
    • 2015, Philip R. Hardie, The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature:
      But, overall, Donne's poetry represents an epistemic break with the love clichés so overused by an earlier era; and the poet was often moved to use Platonic equatings of love, beauty, and goodness to breathe new life into old Petrarchisms.

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