Monday, January 01, 2007
On Rules
Strict and simple conventions favor the useful expression of ideas
By Jason Pontin
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Jason Pontin, Editor in Chief and Publisher
Credit: Mark Ostow |
On Friday, April 6, 1327, during Easter mass in the Church of St. Claire in Avignon, Francesco Petrarca beheld the woman he would commemorate as Laura, and irrevocably fell in love. Petrarch was 23 years old. If literary tradition is correct in identifying the object of his coup de foudre as Laura de Noves, she was 17.
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