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Vasile Alecsandri

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Vasile Alecsandri , 1821-90, Romanian poet, dramatist, and statesman. He was (1858) provisional foreign minister and subsequently served in various diplomatic posts. Besides writing lyric poetry celebrated for the description of his native landscape, he published a notable collection of Romanian folk songs. His plays include Ovidiu (1890). Author not available, ALECSANDRI, VASILE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Romanian literature
...alphabet (the church used the Cyrillic until 1890); 1860 thus marks the beginning of modern Romanian literature. Vasile Alecsandri 's ballad Little Lamb (1852) marked a first effort to counteract the strong French influence on Romanian literature... Read more

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"MIORITA": A ROMANIAN BALLAD IN A HOMERIC PERSPECTIVE.(Critical Essay)
; ...Moldova), transcribed it, and gave it to the poet Vasile Alecsandri, who published it in 1850.(1) Since then, it has...philosophical status. Following in the footsteps of Alecsandri, who spoke of this resignation as being characteristic... Read more
Theodore Ziolkowski. Ovid and the Moderns.(Book Review)
; ...world, the Romanian Ovid is uniquely a national poet, a titular genius. Ziolkowski races past the Ovids of Vasile Aaron, Vasile Alecsandri, and Nicolae Iorga to favor two modems, Vintila Horia and Marin Mincu. Ziolkowski recommends Ovid Web sites... Read more

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