Francesco Pona
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Francesco Pona was an Italian doctor, philosopher, Marinist
poet and writer from Verona
, whose works ranged from scientific treatises and history to poetry and plays.
Marinism
Marinism is the name now given to an ornate, witty style of poetry and verse drama written in imitation of Giambattista Marino , following in particular La Lira and L'Adone.-Features:The critic James V...
poet and writer from Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
, whose works ranged from scientific treatises and history to poetry and plays.
Works
- 1625 - La Lucerna - a dialogue reporting the imagined discussions over four evenings between a speaker-narrator and his student Eureta, allowing the author to tell a series of observations, stories, curious or memorable facts and the lives of modern, mythological or historical people, each of whom the author makes represent a specific behavioural trait or illustrate a particular moral teaching http://www.ebookmall.com/ebooks/la-lucerna-pona-ebooks.htm
- Messalina
- 1631 - Il Gran contagio di Verona