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Pulci

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/ ˈpultʃi /

noun

  1. Luigi (ˈlwiːdʒi). 1432–84, Italian poet. His masterpiece is the comic epic poem Morgante (1483)

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It remained for Pulci to develop, without classical admixture, the elements of poetry existing in the popular Italian romances.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

Pulci supplies us with even a more impressive Orlando than Boiardo's hero, while his Amazonian heroines, Meridiana and Antea, are at least rough sketches for Marfisa.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

The authors of Sacre Rappresentazioni are frequently anonymous; but Lorenzo de' Medici, Antonio Alamanni, Bernardo Pulci and his wife Monna Antonia contribute each a sacred drama.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

For Pulci to have celebrated Orlando without assuming the customary style of the cantastorie, would have been beside his purpose.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

It is not, for example, possible to think of finding in Pulci such a couplet as this: But almost sanctify the sweet excess By the immortal wish and power to bless.

From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer

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