MICHAIL See also:

• MICHAIL EMINESCU (1849-1889)

EMINESCU (1849-1889)  , the greatest Rumanian poet of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the loth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December in Ipateshti near See also:

• BOTOSHANI (Botosani)

Botoshani, in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• MOLDAVIA

Moldavia . He was of Turco-Tatar origin, and his surname was originally Emin; this was changed to Eminovich and finally to the Rumanian See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form See also:

• EMINESCU, MICHAIL (1849-1889)

Eminescu . He was educated for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in See also:

• CZERNOWITZ (Rum. Cernautzi)

Czernowitz, and then entered the See also:

• CIVIL

civil service . In 1864 he resumed his studies in Transylvania, but soon joined a roving theatrical See also:

• COMPANY

company where he played in turn the roles of actor, prompter and See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage-manager . After a few years he went to See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, See also:

• JENA

Jena and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, where he attended lectures, especially on See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy . In 1874 he was appointed school inspector and librarian at the university of See also:

• JASSY (Iafit)

Jassy, but was soon turned out through the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and took See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge, as editor in See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, of the Conservative See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper Timpul (Times) . In 1883 340 he had the first attack of the See also:

• INSANITY (from Lat. in, not, and sanus, sound)

insanity hereditary in his See also:

• FAMILY

family, and in 1889 he died in a private institution in See also:

• BUCHAREST (Bucuresci)

Bucharest . In 1870 his See also:

• GREAT

great poetical See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent was revealed by two contributions to the Convorbiri literare, the See also:

• ORGAN

organ of the Junimist party in Jassy; these were the poems " Ven_era si Madona " and " Epigonii." Other poems followed and soon established his claim to be the first among the See also:

• MODERN

modern poets of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . He was thoroughly acquainted with the See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles of the past, had a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete mastery of the Rumanian See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, and was a See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover and admirer of Rumanian popular See also:

• POETRY

poetry . Influenced by these studies and by the philosophy of See also:

• SCHOPENHAUER, ARTHUR (1788-186o)

Schopenhauer, he introduced a new spirit into Rumanian poetry . Mystically inclined and himself of a See also:

• MELANCHOLY (Gr. µe)tayXotia, from µEtas, black, and Xotii, bile)

melancholy disposition, he lived in the See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory of the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval Rumanian past; stifled by the artificiality of the See also:

• WORLD

world around him, he rebelled against the conventionality of society and his surroundings . In inimitable language he denounced the vileness of the See also:

• PRESENT

present and painted in glowing pictures the heroism of the past; he also surprised nature in its See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive beauty, and he gave expression to stirring emotions in lyrics couched in the language and See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre of popular poetry .

He further proved himself an unsurpassed See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire . Over all his poetry hangs a See also:

• CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud of sadness, the sense of See also:

• CORNING
• CORNING, ERASTUS (1794-1872)

corning See also:

• DOOM (Old Eng. dOm, a word common to Tent. languages for that which is set up or ordered, from " do," in its original meaning of " place "; cf, Gr. &Ass, from stem of ri'rust)

doom . Simplicity of language, masterly handling of See also:

• RHYME

rhyme and See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, deep thought and plastic expression made Eminescu the creator of a school of poetry which dominated the thought of See also:

• RUMANIA
• RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia]

Rumania and the expression of Rumanian writers and poets at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th . Five See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of his collected poems appeared after 1890 . Some of them were translated into See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German by " Carmen Sylva " and See also:

• MITE

Mite Kremnitz, and others have also been translated into several other See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages . Eminescu also wrote two See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short novels, real poems in See also:

• PROSE

prose (Jassy, 1890) . (M .