The Arcadian spirit and creating a poetic image in István Agyich's (1777–1785) lyric poetry

Rédey-Keresztény, János (2024) The Arcadian spirit and creating a poetic image in István Agyich's (1777–1785) lyric poetry. CAMOENAE HUNGARICAE, 9. pp. 61-76. ISSN 1786-5484

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Abstract

This paper analyses István Agyich’s (1730–1789) Latin-language occasional poetry in the context of two key concepts of the poetic practices of the Academia of Arcadia of Rome: verisimilitude and allegory. The article focuses on an application Agyich wrote in elegiac couplets to ask for admission to the Academia. The text serves as a self-confession, categorizing Arcadian poetic practices into three distinct genres: bucolic poetry, laments (epicedium), and praise (encomium). Agyich’s case demonstrates that a genre-focused adaptation of Arcadism results in a unique poetic practice that makes it possible for him to incorporate his earlier works, even though Arcadism only appears in his poetry at a later stage, after 1776. This paper examines one poem from each genre to illustrate how Agyich employed occasional poetry to construct an Arcadian self-image, although there is no indication that he was accepted as a member of the Academia.

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