Original scientific paper

Rajmund Kunić in the Salon of Maria Pizzeli

Luko Paljetak ; Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

As early as 1772 Rajmund Kunić was introduced into the literary salon of Maria Pizzelli and their encounter was just as crucial for Kunić’s poetic work as the moment Petrarcha set his eyes on Laura. Having bestowed the Arcadian name Lyda on her, Kunić composed the cycle Ad Lydam Lydaeque familiam consisting of 635 epigrams, the most extensive canzoniere of Croatian Latinism. These epigrams dedicated to Lyda can be arranged into three groups: epigrams in praise of Lyda, epigrams of the poet’s love for Lyda and epigrams concerned with Lyda’s family. His poetic love toward Lyda abode within the confines of the ideal Arcadia at the time when romanticism was already tapping at the door of the Roman literary circles.

Keywords

Rajmund Kunić; epigrams

Hrčak ID:

239917

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/239917

Publication date:

20.6.1996.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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