Pulci

British  

/ ˈpultʃi /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

This is burlesque, and Pulci seems to have been the inventor of the genre.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

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

Hitherto I have spoken as though Pulci, Boiardo, Ariosto, Berni, and the lesser writers of romantic epics could be classed together in one sentence.

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