Angelo Mazza (16 November 1741 – 11 May 1817) was an Italian neoclassical poet, and classical scholar.

Biography

Angelo Mazza was born at Parma on 16 November 1741. He became Professor of

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in the University of his native town. As a poet he belonged to the group of Italian men of letters who fell under the spell of the English eighteenth-century classical school of poetry. He derived themes such as the power of music from

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, to which he was introduced by his teacher and friend Cesarotti. He subsequently translated and imitated English poets, notably Akenside, Dryden,

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, and

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. His example left its mark on Foscolo and other poets of the next generation. Mazza was a prominent member of the

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, with the

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Armonide Elideo.

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* * {{Authority control 18th-century Italian poets Neoclassical writers People from Parma 1741 births 1817 deaths University of Padua alumni Academic staff of the University of Parma