Bernat Metge

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Bernat Metge (Catalan pronunciation: [bəɾˈnad ˈmedʒə]; (c. 1350 – 1410) was a Catalan writer and humanist, best known as the author of , which he wrote from prison (c. 1398), in which Metge discusses the imortality if the soul.[1]

He was a courtier and Secretary for Joan I of Aragon, queen Na Violante, and following some troubles, once more served Martí I l'Huma of Aragon from 1403 to 1410.[2][1]

His influences included the literature of Provence, Petrarch, and De vetula, wrongly attributed to Ovid and now sometimes claimed for Richard de Fournival.[3]

He had a profound impact on the Catalan letters and was a catalyst for Italian letters to reach the Iberian Peninsula.[1]

Works[]

  • Llibre de Fortuna e Prudència (1381)
  • Ovidi enamorat
  • Valter e Griselda (1388)
  • Apologia (1395)
  • Lo somni (1399)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Sarton, George ([c1927-). Introduction to the history of science ... Baltimore. hdl:2027/umn.31951d00027255b. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (n.d.); Molla (n.d.)
  3. ^ Gilabert 1993: 1083.

References[]

  • Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana (n.d.). "Bernat Metge [Biografia]". Autors i autores (in Catalan). Barcelona: AELC. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  • Gilabert, Joan (1993). "Bernat Metge". In Germán Bleiberg; Maureen Ihrie; Janet Pérez (eds.). Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula: volume 2, L-Z. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing. pp. 1082–1083. ISBN 0-313-28732-5. OCLC 20993644.
  • Molla, Guillem (n.d.). "Bernat Metge [English biography]". Autors i autores. Barcelona: AELC. Retrieved 2009-09-28.

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