This is the plan for our first class:
- Introduction to Petrarch, the Canzoniere and the Secretum
- Registration to the Commons
- Overview course site, group, Selections from the Canzoniere
- Our goals for this semester
- Decide on date library class
- “Sonnet 101”: sonnets, canzoni, sestine, ballate, metrics, and style
- Reading of RVF 1