Nineteenth-century intellectuals demonstrate a great awareness of the problem of history and of the problem of language. Representative in this sense is Giovanni Spano, who was born in Ploaghe on March 8, 1803.
Even in a very short period of his life, Peppino Mereu writes a lot: with realism and crude satire, he combs through every type of island environment, every emotional situation and draws from it sharp verses, unique imag...
Born in Cagliari in 1773, Vincenzo Porru was engaged, with other intellectuals of the time, in the defense and enhancement of Sardinian traditions and cultural specificities.
The name of Paolo Mossa occupies a prominent place in Sardinian poetry “in limba” and his compositions have become the heritage of many tenor or polyphonic choirs.
A particularly significant diffusion was the work of Melchiorre Murenu, the aedo by Macomer (1803-1854), which sprang directly from the rich world of “a bolu” poetry, that is, the popular oral and improvised one.
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