English Literature And the Classics: Tragedy
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Once more the chant of the Sirens fills the air, ' We know all that shall be on the fruitful earth.' Petrarch moves in an imaginary world, com- muning with the ancients, and above all with Cicero, ' my Cicero,' as he fondly calls him. The second point is that he discarded the mediaeval ideals of humility and submission. He is an individualist who asserts the right of each man to develop his own powers, and his predominant motive is the love of glory. For such a man Cicero was naturally the chie...f source of inspiration.
It would be a mistaken view to suppose that CICERONIANISM 131 Petrarch's love for Cicero was but an incident in his worship of the classics. The truth would seem to be that his devotion to Cicero came first, and that his interest in other authors was secondary. We may therefore say that the Renaissance itself was the work of Cicero's spirit.
Petrarch tells us that his interest in Cicero dated from early boyhood. He says, ' Although at that age I could not understand the meaning, I was charmed by the sweetness and music of the lan- guage, which made anything else which I read or heard seem harsh and discordant.' When he was studying law at Montpellier, he used to spend much time in reading Cicero, as well as Virgil and other Latin poets.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Once more the chant of the Sirens fills the air, ' We know all that shall be on the fruitful earth.' Petrarch moves in an imaginary world, com- muning with the ancients, and above all with Cicero, ' my Cicero,' as he fondly calls him. The second point is that he discarded the mediaeval ideals of humility and submission. He is an individualist who asserts the right of each man to develop his own powers, and his predominant motive is the love of glory. For such a man Cicero was naturally the chie...f source of inspiration.
It would be a mistaken view to suppose that CICERONIANISM 131 Petrarch's love for Cicero was but an incident in his worship of the classics. The truth would seem to be that his devotion to Cicero came first, and that his interest in other authors was secondary. We may therefore say that the Renaissance itself was the work of Cicero's spirit.
Petrarch tells us that his interest in Cicero dated from early boyhood. He says, ' Although at that age I could not understand the meaning, I was charmed by the sweetness and music of the lan- guage, which made anything else which I read or heard seem harsh and discordant.' When he was studying law at Montpellier, he used to spend much time in reading Cicero, as well as Virgil and other Latin poets.
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