Petrarch's Secretum: its making and its meaning

Frontmatter\nAn Introductory Note (page vii)\nAcknowledgments (page ix)\nChapter One. A Glance at the Past Study of the Secretum (page 1)\nChapter Two. How Much of the Secretum-Known from an Autograph of about 1353-Existed in the Late 1340s? An Attempt at Restoration (page 19)\nChapter Three. Book III in the Light of Two Petrarchan Poems in the Volgare (page 47)\nChapter Four. Book III and the Theory That the Secretum Was Totally Recast in Early 1353: Its Incongruity with Petrarch\'s Work Habits and Life (page 69)\nChapter Five. In What Respect Can Book III Be Judged a Reflection of Petrarch\'s Mind in 1353? (page 117)\nChapter Six. The Last Repercussions in the Secretum of Events in Petrarch\'s Life (page 155)\nChapter Seven. The Question of Petrarch\'s Truthfulness and His Sincerity in Claiming that the Secretum Was for His Eyes Alone (page 185)\nChapter Eight. Reflections on the Role of the Secretum in Petrarch\'s Life and Work (page 215)\nIndex of Names (page 249)\nIndex of Works of Petrarch (page 253)