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1622 Poems: Tears of the Prodigal Son, 1622 in Poetry, Poly-Olbion

1622 Poems: Tears of the Prodigal Son, 1622 in Poetry, Poly-Olbion


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Chapters: Tears of the Prodigal Son, 1622 in Poetry, Poly-Olbion. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Tears of the Prodigal Son (Croatian: ) is a poem written by the Croatian Baroque poet Ivan Gunduli. It was originally published in Venice in 1622. The poem is composed of three laments (cries) (pla): the Sin (Sagrijeenje), the Comprehension (Spoznanje) and the Humility (Skruenje), presenting the three basic categories of Christianity sin, repentance and redemption through contrasts like death/life, sin/purity and Hell/Heaven. The poem Tears of the Prodigal Son draws on the well-known biblical Parable of the Prodigal Son found in Luke 15:11-32, the basis of which forms a story on a father forgiving his son's spendthriftness and greed, after the son comes back home remorseful of his actions. Gunduli adapts and heavily elaborates the original storyline, but still leaves clearly recognizable traits of the biblical template. Parable as a literary form represents an elaborated simile or a metaphor, inserted into a larger literary works the Bible in this case. Biblical parable on the prodigal son has but merely two dozen lines, while Gunduli's poetical cultivation extends to 1332 verses, being permeated with numerous son's contemplations on the meaning of life and death, the sin, and numerous verses dedicated to his repentance. In monologue form the son introduces the plot to the reader, and therefore beside being the main character serves also the role of a narrator, with the exception of sporadic occurrence of the omniscient narrator who announces the monologue. In the biblical parable, however, only the omniscient narrator appears. Significantly different is the elaboration on the sin itself, being portrayed in the biblical parable as a hedonisti...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1838183


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158313167
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 20
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 45 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158313160
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Tears of the Prodigal Son, 1622 in Poetry, Poly-Olbion
  • Width: 229 mm


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