Works

Canzoniere

Also Known As Rerum vulgarium fragmenta · Rime Sparse

Citation Formats

General Reference

Literature Atlas. "Canzoniere." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/canzoniere.

APA Style

Literature Atlas. (n.d.). Canzoniere. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/canzoniere

BibTeX

@misc{literatureatlas-canzoniere,
  author = {Literature Atlas},
  title = {Canzoniere},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/canzoniere},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A collection of 366 poems written in Italian by Petrarch, the vast majority in sonnet form, addressed largely to and about Laura, composed over some four decades.

Facts

Composed, From (Year)

from 1327 1

The individual poems were composed over roughly forty years, from shortly after 1327 to around 1368; Petrarch continued transcribing and ordering the sequence until his death in 1374.

Composed, To (Year)

to 1374 1

Cross-Tradition Connections