Mihai Eminescu: Sonetti e poesie varie / Sonete și alte poezii

by Mihai Eminescu, Geo Vasile (Translator)

Il problema più acuto rimane sempre per [Eminescu] la determinazione dei rapporti tra Dio ed il mondo, tra l'esistenza definita come temporalità e l'Essere identificato con l'Eterno: e però, egli è soprattutto il poeta d'una visione cosmica, è un assetato di Assoluto. A quest'esigenza è subordinato tutto il suo mondo lirico, a quella visione si riconduce ogni sua composizione, anche quella che può sembrare soltanto quadro idillico o pura effusione musicale.

175 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Mihai Eminescu (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj emiˈnesku]; born Mihail Eminovici) was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet.

Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul ("The Time"), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918).

His first poems volume was published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna to study when he was 19. The poet's manuscripts, containing 46 volumes and approximately 14,000 pages, were offered by Titu Maiorescu as a gift to the Romanian Academy during the meeting that was held on January 25, 1902.

Notable works include Luceafărul (Evening Star), Odă în metru antic (Ode in Ancient Meter), and the five Letters (Epistles/Satires). In his poems he frequently used metaphysical, mythological and historical subjects. In general his work was influenced by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.

Reviews

[Gabriel]

The sprezzatura of Eminescu's lyric is revived in Vasile's translation.