Petrarch's 'Fragmenta' : The Narrative and Theological Unity of 'Rerum vulgarium fragmenta'

Introduction * Petrarch Today: A Focus on Narrativity * Humanism and Poetic Theology * A History of Return -- Chapter 1: Historical Context and PoeticForm * The Poetry of the Tradition * Style, Genre,Structure * The Proem of the Fragmenta (Rvf 1-10) -- Chapter 2: Temporality andDesire * Entering the Selva of the FirstCentenary * The Dimension of Fable in the 'Raccolta of 1342' * Further Consequences ofFable -- Chapter 3: The Language of Tears (Rvf 92-122) * A Parable of Return * Nature, Landscape, Solitude* The Secretum and Canzone -- Chapter 4: In fresca riva: Landscape and History(Rvf 125-183) * Canzoni 125-129 * Saint Peter and the AvignonChurch * Antithesis and Parallelism -- Chapter5: The Penitent Lover (Rvf 184-263) * The Fading Myth of Daphne * Out of the Labyrinth, Away From the World * APoetics of Quietude -- Chapter 6: Songs of Grief and Lamentation (Rvf 264-317) *Quelle pietosebraccia (264, 14) *Come va 'l mondo! (290, 1) * Augustinian Time and the Process ofGrieving -- Chapter 7: Songs of Consecration (Rvf 319-366) * The In Between Time of Parable * Friendship and Dialogue,Memory and Solitude * Seeds of Grace Conclusion * Historical Reception and the Figure of Petrarch*Altr'uom (Narrative, Style, Theology) * An Autopoietic Unity.