Giuseppe Artale
Giuseppe Artale (Mazzarino, 29 August 1632 – Naples, 11 February or 25 March 1679) was a Sicilian poet, novelist, and duelist, known for his Marinist works. He was also a knight of the Constantinian Order of Saint George.
Giuseppe Artale | |
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 Giuseppe Artale, Enciclopedia Poetica (1679) | |
| Born | 29 August 1632 |
| Died | 11 February or 25 March 1679 (aged 46) |
| Nationality | Sicilian |
| Occupation | poet, writer, knight |
| Known for | Marinist poetry |
| Movement | Baroque |
| Honours | Constantinian Order of Saint George |
Biography
Giuseppe Artale was born at Mazzarino, a town of Sicily, in the year 1628. He entered the army at the age of fifteen years, and rendered himself conspicuous by his bravery. He was made captain of the guard to the palatine Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and was highly esteemed by the emperor Leopold. He distinguished himself in the Cretan War against the Ottoman Empire, and was made a knight of the Constantinian Order of Saint George, with permission to add the imperial eagle, or Double-headed eagle, to his family arms.[1] As a swordsman he was unrivalled, and was commonly known by the appellation of the sanguinary knight, conferred upon him for his success as a well practised duelist. He died at Naples in 1679, worn out by excess. Artale was a member of the principal academies of Italy, and enjoyed considerable reputation as a poet. He is known today for his heroic romance Cordimarte (1660), and his Enciclopedia poetica (1679), recognised as the last flowering of the pessimistic vein of Neapolitan Marinism.[2]
Works
- Dell’Enciclopedia Poetica parte prima, Perugia, 1658, 8º ; Venice, 1660 and 1664, 12mo.
- Dell’Enciclopedia parte seconda ; ovvero la Guerra fra i vivi e morti, Tragedia di lieta fine ; e Il Cor di Marte, historia favoleggiata, Venice, 1660, 12mo ; the fifth edition was published at Naples, 1679, 12mo.
- Dell'Enciclopedia parte terza ; ovvero l'Alloro fruttuoso. Naples: Antonio Bulifon. 1679.
- La Pasife ; ovvero, L’Impossibile fatto Possibile, Dramma per Musica, Venice, 1661, 12mo.
- La Bellezza atterrata : Elegia in occasione del Contagio di Napoli, l’anno 1646, Venice, 1661, 12mo.
- Anna Maria Razzoli Roio, ed. (1990). Guerra tra vivi e morti. Tragedia di lieto fine. Parma: Università di Parma, Istituto di Filologia Moderna.
- Marzio Pieri, ed. (1990). Il Cordimarte. Parma: Università di Parma, Istituto di Filologia Moderna.
Notes
- Guy Stair Sainty (2018). The Constantinian Order of Saint George. Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 95. ISBN 9788434025066.
- Robin Healey (2011). Italian Literature Before 1900 in English Translation: An Annotated Bibliography, 1929-2008. University of Toronto Press. p. 2011. ISBN 9781442642690.
Bibliography
- The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Vol. 3. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1843. p. 678.
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External links
- Croce, Franco (1962). "ARTALE, Giuseppe". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 4: Arconati–Bacaredda (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.