| 单词 | improvisatore poetry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasimprovisatore poetry A poet who composes or performs verse extemporaneously. Also attributive, as improvisatore poetry, improvisatore tradition, etc.Originally and chiefly with reference to the Italian tradition of improvisational poetry which was at its height in the late 17th to mid 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] > improviser improvisatore1765 improvisatrice1770 improvisateur1783 improvisator1790 improviser1824 improvisor1830 impromptuist1882 1765 T. Smollett Trav. (1766) II. xxvii. 56 One of the greatest curiosities you meet with in Italy, is the improvisatore; such is the name given to certain individuals, who have the surprising talent of reciting verses extempore, on any subject you propose. a1768 J. Spence Anecd., Observ. & Characters Bks. & Men (1820) 117 The first time I heard these Improvvisatori, I thought it quite impossible for them to go on so readily as they did, without having agreed things together before hand. 1824 Lit. Chron. & Weekly Rev. 8 May 303/1 Improvisatore poetry may be compared to Minerva starting into existence from the brain of Jupiter. 1851 J. Wood in R. Southey Common-place Bk. 4th Ser. 40/2 I spent a night in a small cottage at the foot of Carnedd Llewelin..and there we heard the Welsh improvisatore's verse in perfection. 1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 234 The musicians..improvisatores, reciters of ancient legends. 1924 Folk-lore 35 255 They had different tunes..but..the people were in the habit of supplying their own words, as do the Italian improvisatori. 1985 Keats-Shelley Jrnl. 34 185 She might have discussed the relevant section of Burke's Enquiry or the improvisatore tradition, for example. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 May 14/4 In the figure of the beautiful, flamboyant poet and improvisatore Corinne, de Staël created a fictional character who became an international symbol of Romanticism. < as lemmas |
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