TOMMASO See also:

• GROSSI, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO (?–1699)
• TOMMASO GROSSI (1791-1853)

GROSSI (1791-1853)  , Lombard poet and novelist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Bellano, on the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake of See also:

• COMO (anc. Comum)
• COMO, LAKE OF (the Lacus Larius of the Romans, and so sometimes called LARIO to the present day, though in the 4th century it is already termed Lacus Comacinus)

Como, on the loth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1791 . He took his degree in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at See also:

• PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia in 181o, and proceeded thence to See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan to exercise his profession; but the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian 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, suspecting his See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty, interfered with his prospects, and in consequence See also:

• GROSSI, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO (?–1699)
• GROSSI, TOMMASO (1791-1853)

Grossi was a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

notary all his See also:

• LIFE

life . That the suspicion was well grounded he soon showed by See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing in the Milanese See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect the See also:

• BATTLE

battle poem La Prineide, in which he described with vivid See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours the tragical See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• PRINA, GIUSEPPE (1768–1814)

Prina, See also:

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

chief treasurer during the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, whom the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Milan, instigated by Austrian See also:

• AGITATORS, or ADJUTATORS

agitators, had torn to pieces and dragged through the streets of the See also:

• TOWN

town (1814) . The poem, being See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous, was first attributed to the celebrated Porta, but Grossi of his own See also:

• ACCORD (from Fr. accorder, to agree)

accord acknowledged himself the author . In 1816 he published other two poems, written likewise in Milanese—The See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

Rain (La Pioggia d' oro) and The Fugitive (La Fuggitiva) . These compositions secured him the friendship of Porta and See also:

• MANZONI, ALESSANDRO FRANCESCO TOMMASO ANTONIO (1785-1873)

Manzoni, and the three poets came to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a sort of romantic See also:

• LITERARY

literary triumvirate . Grossi took See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of the popularity of his Milanese poems to try See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian 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, into which he sought to introduce the moving See also:

• REALISM (from Low Lat. realis, appertaining to res, things, as opposed to ideas and imaginations)

realism which had given such See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction in his earliest compositions; and in this he was entirely successful with his poem Ildegonda (1814) . He next wrote an epic poem, entitled The See also:

• LOMBARDS, or LANGOBARDI

Lombards in the First Crusade, a See also:

• WORK

work of which Manzoni makes See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable mention in I Promessi Sposi . This See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, which was published by subscription (1826), attained a success unequalled by that of any other Italian poem within the See also:

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

century . The example of Manzoni induced Grossi to write an See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical novel entitled Marco See also:

• VISCONTI

Visconti (1834)—a work which contains passages of See also:

• FINE

fine description and deep pathos . A little later Grossi published a See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale in verse, Ulrico and Lida, but with this publication his poetical activity ceased . After his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage in 1838 he continued to employ himself as a notary in Milan till his death on the loth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1853 .

His Life by See also:

• CANTU, CESARE (1804-1895)

Cantu appeared at Milan in 1854 .