Original scientific paper
The Elegies of Rajmund Kunić
Pavle Knezović
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Kunić was but nineteen when he composed his first elegy Ad amicum prope Epidaurum rusticantem which illustrates his poetic talent and profound familiarity with classical bucolics. As far as it is known he has conceived 47 elegies, twenty of which have been printed, some even reprinted with minor alterations of title, whereas 27 elegies remained in manuscript. Kunić’s elegies are a perfect blend of classical and contemporary form. His elegy varies from an elaborate epigram to a short epuly. In regard to the theme 9 elegies are of sacral character, 11 didactic, 5 written upon special occasions and 23 addressed to a friend or acquaintance touching a literary event. Kunić preferably employed elegy to epigram, epistle or idyll which contributed to his broad sense of the form. His elegies are based upon contrast, description of scenery and artifice expressions of intimacy either of his poetic characters or his own. Urban Appendini characterized Kupić as »semper venustus, numerosus et latinissimus«.
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Publication date:
20.6.1996.
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