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Modern Italy
Journal of Modern Italian Studies
RIVISTA DI STUDI ITALIANI
Anno XV , n° 2, Dicembre 1997 ( Contributi ) pag. 1-32
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY
OF PETRARCHISM IN ENGLAND:
ROBERT TOFTE AND THE BLAZON OF JEALOUSY
ROBERT C. MELZI
Widener University,
Chester, Pennsylvania
Ever since Deconstructive Criticism appeared on the academic scene in the seventies, critics have learned to look at authors in a different light, seeking significances that had hitherto altogether escaped, or to which only scant attention had been paid. Whether one does or does not pay any attention to the dictamina of the so-called New Historicism, it seems that, when looking at a particular historical or literary figure, one can find many reasons or justifications for discussing or criticizing his (or her) works, including the meaningfulness of what was once called comparative studies. Even if we concede that Robert Tofte's value as a significant poet might, at times, be arguable, the fact remains that he was instrumental in bringing into England the knowledge of certain new institutions that influenced other important writers for years to come; the bringing of the new Italian academies to the attention of the English intelligentsia, to say nothing of other important writers, and knowledge of new procedures, such as footnotes, are some of the "firsts" with which Tofte should be credited. Tofte's intercultural contribution to English literary history deserves recognition. [...]
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