I can recall but few instances where there is anything that must be called invective in sonnets; but there are several striking instances in Petrarch -- the sonnets in which he inveighs against ...

Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays on the role of faith in a pluralistic society.

But it was the Italian poet Petrarch who put the form on the map. In the 14th century, he wrote a collection of 366 poems, mostly sonnets. He penned the collection for a woman named Laura, whom he ...

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

A captivating live Liszt performance by Yunchan Lim, Gramophone's Young Artist of the Year and also winner of the Piano category at the 2024 Gramophone Awards Thanks for exploring the Gramophone ...

But they also can take over the image, as in Bronzino’s gorgeous portrait of the distinguished poetess Laura Battiferri, who holds a large volume of Petrarch’s sonnets that absorbs much of the ...

Organised around Petrarch's 'war' against the Ubaldini clan of 1349–1350, which formed the prelude to his meeting and friendship with Boccaccio, William Caferro's work examines the institutional and ...

Jon Nakamatsu will perform works by Bach, Beethoven (Sonata in D Major, Op. 28), Mendelssohn, Liszt (Three Petrarch Sonnets), and Chopin. Now in his third decade of touring worldwide, American pianist ...