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| + | An '''idyll''' is a short [[poem]], descriptive of rustic life, written in the style of [[Theocritus]]'s short [[pastoral]] poems, the '''''Idylls''''' (Εἰδύλλια). | ||
| - | An '''idyll''' or '''idyl'''(from Greek ''eidyllion'', [[little]] [[picture]]) is a short [[poem]], descriptive of [[rustic]] life, written in the style of [[Theocritus]]' short [[pastoral poem]]s, the ''Idylls''. Later imitators included the Roman poets [[Virgil]] and [[Catullus]], Italian poet [[Leopardi]], and the English poet [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Alfred, Lord Tennyson]]. | + | Unlike [[Homer]], Theocritus did not engage in heroes and warfare. His idylls are limited to a small intimate world, and describe scenes from everyday life. Later imitators include the Roman poets [[Virgil]] and [[Catullus]], Italian poets [[Torquato Tasso]], [[Sannazaro]] and [[Leopardi]], the English poet [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Alfred, Lord Tennyson]] (''[[Idylls of the King]]''), and Nietzsche's ''[[Idylls from Messina]]''. [[Goethe]] called his poem ''[[Hermann and Dorothea]]''—which [[Schiller]] considered the very climax in Goethe's production—an idyll. |
| - | An idyll can also be a kind of [[painting]], usually representing a [[pastor]] and his animals in a rural setting. They are depicted in a natural way, with the three components - man, animal and the environment - in a harmonious unity, preventing the picture from being either a landscape, or a genre, or just an image of an animal. Nature in this combination is presented in an [[unsophisticated]], [[realistic]] fashion. | + | ==Idyllic== |
| - | + | # Of or pertaining to [[idyll]]s. | |
| - | The subjects of such pictures are usually [[simple people]] living in [[uncivilised]] conditions, featuring [[naïvety]] in their thinking and yet leading a [[happy]] and cheerful life. The approach to the presentation is not humorous, but emotional, sometimes [[sentimental]]. | + | # Extremely [[happy]], [[peaceful]], or [[picturesque]]. |
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| - | Examples: | + | |
| - | * [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]], ''[[Idylls of the King]]'' | + | |
| - | * [[William Wordsworth]], ''[[The Solitary Reaper]]'' | + | |
| - | * [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], ''[[Hermann and Dorothea]]'' | + | |
| - | * [[John Greenleaf Whittier]], ''[[Snow-Bound|Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl]]'' | + | |
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | * [[The Shepherdess]] ''(featured)'' | ||
| * [[Bucolic]] | * [[Bucolic]] | ||
| + | * [[Arcadia (utopia)]] | ||
| * [[Et in Arcadia ego]] | * [[Et in Arcadia ego]] | ||
| - | * [[Arcadia (utopia)]] | ||
| * [[Pastoral]] | * [[Pastoral]] | ||
| + | * [[John Greenleaf Whittier]], ''[[Snow-Bound|Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl]]'' | ||
| + | * [[William Wordsworth]], ''[[The Solitary Reaper]]'' | ||
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An idyll is a short poem, descriptive of rustic life, written in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls (Εἰδύλλια).
Unlike Homer, Theocritus did not engage in heroes and warfare. His idylls are limited to a small intimate world, and describe scenes from everyday life. Later imitators include the Roman poets Virgil and Catullus, Italian poets Torquato Tasso, Sannazaro and Leopardi, the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Idylls of the King), and Nietzsche's Idylls from Messina. Goethe called his poem Hermann and Dorothea—which Schiller considered the very climax in Goethe's production—an idyll.
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Idyllic
- Of or pertaining to idylls.
- Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
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See also
- Bucolic
- Arcadia (utopia)
- Et in Arcadia ego
- Pastoral
- John Greenleaf Whittier, Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl
- William Wordsworth, The Solitary Reaper
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