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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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Neither Pulci nor Bello showed any true sense of poetical unity.

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

Pulci dealt with the Carolingian Cycle in what may be termed a bourgeois spirit.

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

Another member of the Medicean circle, Luigi Pulci, aided the same work of restoration by taking up the rude tales of the Cantori da Piazza and producing the first romantic poem of the Renaissance.

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

Pulci availed himself freely of his popular models, at times repeating the old stanzas with no alteration, but oftener rehandling them and adding to their comic spirit, and interpolating passages of his own invention.

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