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Stories From the Italian Poets: With Lives of The Writers

by Matteo Maria Boiardo

2018-12-10 21:30:40

Excerpt....... OF BOIARDO'S LIFE AND GENIUS.[1] While Pulci in Florence was elevating romance out of the street-ballads, and laying the foundation of the chivalrous epic, a poet appeared in Lombardy (whether inspired by his example is uncertain) wh ... Read more
Excerpt....... OF BOIARDO'S LIFE AND GENIUS.[1] While Pulci in Florence was elevating romance out of the street-ballads, and laying the foundation of the chivalrous epic, a poet appeared in Lombardy (whether inspired by his example is uncertain) who was destined to carry it to a graver though still cheerful height, and prepare the way for the crowning glories of Ariosto. In some respects he even excelled Ariosto: in all, with the exception of style, shewed himself a genuine though immature master. Little is known of his life, but that little is very pleasant. It exhibits him in the rare light of a poet who was at once rich, romantic, an Arcadian and a man of the world, a feudal lord and an indulgent philosopher, a courtier equally beloved by prince and people. Less

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File size257.307 KB
Print pages586
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2018-02-05
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781376769197
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Leigh Hunt
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James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 1784 – 28 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet. Hunt co-founded The Examiner, a leading intellectual journal expound...

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