Petrarchism

English Etymology From en Petrarch -ism. Pronunciation en /pɪˈtɹɑːkɪzəm/ UK, pĭ-trärʹkĭ-zəm en /pɛˈtɹɑɹkɪzəm/ /piˈtɹɑɹkɪzəm/ US, pĕ-trärʹkĭ-zəm pē-trärʹkĭ-zəm en Pe trarch ism Noun ~ en uncountable The literary style of Petrarch. en Petrarchanism en countable Any literary work or passage written in this style. en 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. Derived terms en anti-Petrarchism Translations Petrarch's literary style Catalan: ca petrarquisme m Dutch: nl petrarkisme n French: fr pétrarquisme m German: de Petrarkismus m Greek: el πετραρχισμός m Italian: it petrarchismo m Japanese: ja ペトラルカ主義 Petoraruka-shugi Polish: pl petrarkizm m Romanian: ro petrarchism n Russian: ru петрарки́зм m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh петраркѝзам m Latin: sh petrarkìzam m Slovene: sl petrarkizem m Spanish: es petrarquismo m Swedish: sv petrarkism c Ukrainian: uk петраркі́зм m en Literature en eponyms