Luigi Pulci

Luigi Pulci (* 1432 in Florence , † 1484 ) was an Italian poet who was promoted by Lorenzo de 'Medici .

Morgante maggiore

Pulci was best known for his epic Il Morgante maggiore . It is about the adventures of the giant Morgant and the half-giant Margutte. Because it showed little respect for Christian dogmas and Christian crusade ideology, it aroused massive objections from the church. In general, the work is more like a crude burlesque comedy with a slang note and is considered experimental among linguists.

In 1517 it was published in French, converted into a novel. A free translation into Alemannic published in 1530 is based on this version.

literature

Luigi Pulci: Morgante . Edited by Falk Peter Weber and translated by E. and H. Heintze, 4 volumes, Galda Verlag, Glienicke 2008, ISBN 3-941267-14-0 .

Web links

Commons : Luigi Pulci - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Works by and about Luigi Pulci in the German Digital Library
pulci-morgante.de
Review of Morgante (PDF)

References and footnotes

↑ Joachim Wink: Paladins on the wrong track. Forms and expressions of religious indifference in Luigi Pulci's Morgante . 2007, ISBN 978-3-631-57122-4
↑ On the relationship between the French and the Alemannic version see Morgant the giant in German translation of the XVI. Century. Edited by Albert Bachmann . Tübingen 1890 (library of the literary association in Stuttgart, 184), introduction.

personal data
SURNAME	Pulci, Luigi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian poet who was promoted by Lorenzo de 'Medici
DATE OF BIRTH	1432
PLACE OF BIRTH	Florence
DATE OF DEATH	1484

[1] Joachim Wink: Paladins on the wrong track. Forms and expressions of religious indifference in Luigi Pulci's Morgante . 2007, ISBN 978-3-631-57122-4

[2] On the relationship between the French and the Alemannic version see Morgant the giant in German translation of the XVI. Century. Edited by Albert Bachmann . Tübingen 1890 (library of the literary association in Stuttgart, 184), introduction.