Petrarchism

Petrarchism

English

Etymology

Petrarch +‎ -ism

Noun

Petrarchism (countable and uncountable, plural Petrarchisms)

1. The literary style of Petrarch.
2. 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.

Translations

Petrarch's literary style

Catalan: petrarquisme m Dutch: petrarkisme n French: pétrarquisme (fr) m German: Petrarkismus (de) m Greek: πετραρχισμός (el) m (petrarchismós) Italian: petrarchismo m Japanese: ペトラルカ主義 (ペトラルカしゅぎ, Petoraruka-shugi) Polish: petrarkizm m Romanian: petrarchism n

Russian: петрарки́зм m (petrarkízm) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: петраркѝзам m Roman: petrarkìzam (sh) m Slovene: petrarkizem m Spanish: petrarquismo m Swedish: petrarkism c Ukrainian: петраркізм m (petrarkizm)