Making flowers speak: Petrarch and idiorrhythmy

This article brings Petrarch’s (1304–74) lyric poetry into dialogue with Barthes’s notion of “idiorrythmie” (idiorrhythmy) as outlined in his lecture course Comment vivre ensemble (How to Live Together). It explores both the idiorrhythmic aspects of Petrarchan desire and the traits of lyric utteranc...

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Main Author: Southerden, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis 2021