Storia dell’endecasillabo infame. “Sudate, o fochi, a preparar metalli”

The incipit of Claudio Achillini’s sonnet, composed in 1629 to pay homage to King Louis XIII of France, is possibly the most renowned verse in seventeenth-century Italian literature. Over the centuries, it has been quoted by all those who attacked Baroque poetry, becoming an anti-exemplum for both a...

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Main Author: Francesco Samarini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nicola Catelli - Corrado Confalonieri 2019-06-01
Series:Parole Rubate
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Online Access:http://www.parolerubate.unipr.it/fascicolo19_pdf/F19_8_samarini_achillini.pdf