“The idea of earthly desire, doubt, disappointment, unrequited eros coming from the beloved’s eye, the idea of lover experiencing contrary passions — “I burn, I freeze” — the idea of love as an obsession, as a stumbling block, as the only thing one would die for. All of that is Petrarch.”
“The idea of earthly desire, doubt, disappointment, unrequited eros coming from the beloved’s eye, the idea of lover experiencing contrary passions — “I burn, I freeze” — the idea of love as an obsession, as a stumbling block, as the only thing one would die for. All of that is Petrarch.”