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273: 31: 428: 476: 302:, which in addition to the earlier poems also contained occasional compositions, such as ‘In morte del Maestro Sacchini’; others reflected his more comfortable lifestyle, and his frank appreciation of female beauty. Following the French invasion of May 1796, Parini participated in the MunicipalitĂ© set up by the revolutionary forces, but by July withdrew, condemning the 154:, while earning a living by copying manuscripts. In 1741 his great aunt left him a monthly payment, on condition that he enter the priesthood. Parini was thus ordained, although his religious studies were not profitable because of his need to work in a lawyer's office during his free time and his intolerance of the old-fashioned teaching methods used. 331:), whom he qualifies as “new sophists.” His role as a moralist of happiness conforms totally to the ideology of enlightened Lombard reformism, the protagonists of which were the ministers and functionaries of the Austrian government. Parini's work was accepted by younger poets mainly as a lesson in morality and freedom of thought. 202:, a sort of ironic narrative conscience, who is no more than a mask for the author. The young lord is a ladies' man who projects the image of an aristocracy entirely occupied with its worldly pleasures, thinking of nothing but itself, and offering ritual sacrifice to those two deadly 310:, for indifference to the wellbeing of Lombardy, and for predatory attitudes to what had become a French colony. A year later the Austrians re-entered the city, just before Parini's death on 15 August. A statue of the poet occupies a place of honour in Milan's busy 175:(The Day), consisting of ironic instructions to a young nobleman as to the best method of spending his days, which was to be published in three parts, marked a distinct advance in Italian 183:(Morning), was published in 1763 and at once established Parini's popularity and influence, and two years later a continuation (the second part) was published under the title of 717: 198:(Night). The protagonist is a “Young Lord,” who has nothing better to do than to fill the void of his existence with frivolous pastimes; he is flanked by a 232:, especially as regards the polemic against riches and luxury and the corresponding praise of agriculture and the laborious healthy life of the peasantry. 151: 443: 533: 866: 448: 876: 831: 871: 861: 291: 526: 240:
were published, both unfinished, after his death, which along with two other previous parts form what is collectively titled
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Only the first two parts were published during his lifetime. An eternal perfectionist, he was unable to complete
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In 1787 Parini was nominated superintendent of schools. In 1771 he had composed the libretto of Mozart's
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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from a poor family. His father, who was a petty silk trader, sent him to
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and criticized the rich and corrupt town which had forgotten him, in
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of the first half of the century than those of the second half (
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under the care of his great aunt: there he studied under the
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The Day Morning, Midday, Evening, Night : a Poem
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Giuseppe Parini, in a lithograph by Rosaspina.
Rosaspina
Bosisio
Brianza
Lombardy
enlightenment
satirist
poet
neoclassic period
Bosisio
Brianza
Lombardy
Milan
Barnabites
Arcimboldi Academy
Lugano
Accademia dell'Arcadia
Il Giorno
blank verse
preceptor
Pope
Rape of the Lock
Essay on Man
Télémaque
FĂ©nelon
Il Giorno
plenipotentiary
Count Karl Joseph von Firmian
Palatine School

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