"Shakespeare and Italian Poetry" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc1733/ Author: Mortimer, Anthony. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: Post, The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare's Poetry, 116–33. : Post, The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare's Poetry Annotation: Compares Petrarch's, Dante's, and Michelangelo's poetry with Shakespeare's. Concludes that "points of contact between Shakespeare and Michelangelo show how Petrarchism could evolve in response to far-reaching cultural shifts and how far it enabled rather than hindered some of the most seminal achievements of European poetry in the 16th century." Language: English Persons: Post, Jonathan S.; Petrarch; Dante; Michelangelo Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Winter 2014 WSB Record Number: bbbc1733