La secchia rapita
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La Secchia Rapita is a mock-heroic epic poem by Alessandro Tassoni, first published in 1622. Later successful mock-heroic works in French and English were written on the same plan.
Cover of the second edition of La Secchia rapita by Tassoni, published at Ronciglione in 1624
The stolen bucket, inside the Ghirlandina Tower
Alessandro Tassoni
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Alessandro Tassoni was an Italian poet and writer, from Modena, best known as the author of the mock-heroic poem La secchia rapita.
La secchia rapita
…La Secchia Rapita (The Stolen Bucket or The Rape of the Bucket) is a mock-heroic epic poem by Alessandro Tassoni, first published in 1622. Later successful mock-heroic works in French and English were written on the same plan. The invention of the heroic-comic…
Portret van schrijver en dichter Alessandro Tassoni Portretten van beroemde Italianen in ovalen, RP P 1909 4747
Alessandro Tassoni monument, below the Ghirlandina