Giuseppe Parini (May 23, 1729 – August 15, 1799) was an Italian enlighted satirist and poet of the neoclassic period.
Parini was born in Bosisio (later rechristened Bosisio Parini in his honour) in Lombardy. His parents, who possessed a small farm on the shore of Lake Pusiano, sent him to Milan, where he studied under the Barnabites in the Academy Arcimboldi, maintaining himself in the meantime by copying manuscripts.
In 1752, he published at Lug...
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Giuseppe Parini (May 23, 1729 – August 15, 1799) was an Italian enlighted satirist and poet of the neoclassic period.
Parini was born in Bosisio (later rechristened Bosisio Parini in his honour) in Lombardy. His parents, who possessed a small farm on the shore of Lake Pusiano, sent him to Milan, where he studied under the Barnabites in the Academy Arcimboldi, maintaining himself in the meantime by copying manuscripts.
In 1752, he published at Lugano, under the pseudonym of "Ripano Eupilino," a small volume of selected verses, Alcune poesie, which secured his election to the Accademia dei Trasformati at Milan, as well as to the Accademia dell'Arcadia at Rome. His poem, Il Giorno (The Day, 1763), consisting of ironic instructions to a young nobleman as to the best method of spending his mornings, marked a distinct advance in Italian blank verse. It at once established Parini's popularity and influence, and two years later a continuation of the same theme was published under the title of...
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