V.Alecsandri - 180, 182,183
V.Alecsandri - 180, 182,183

Summary/Abstract: Nicolae Manolescu's article is dedicated to Vasile Alecsandri whose date of birth was celebrated by a few magazines. Although celebrated as the 180th anniversary, the precise date of the poet’s birth is not known, the author states, and further he brings into the reader's attention this 19th poet's destiny so typical for all Romanian intellectuals of the time. He made his studies in Paris embraced the 1848 ideals and shown interest in national history. The major national historical events mirrored in his work brought him the fame of "poet of the time". This may have nowadays a derogatory connotation but, concludes Nicolae Manolescu, Vasile Alecsandri's poetry is not to be judged out of the 19th century frame.

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