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EncyclopediaDella-CruscansDella-Cruscans (del'u-krŭs'kunz) [key][from the Accademia della Crusca, founded for linguistic purity, Florence, 16th cent.], a group of English poets living in Italy at the end of the 18th cent. who published pretentious, sentimental verse in The Arno (1784) and The Florence Miscellany (1785). Robert Merry, writing as “Della Crusca,” Bertie Greatheed, William Parsons, and Mrs. Piozzi, under other names, were the contributors. In England their poetry and that of their followers, including Hannah Cowley, was published in the World and collected in the British Album (1789–91). Their verses were ridiculed by William Gifford. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Della-Cruscans from Infoplease:
- Hannah Cowley - Cowley, Hannah Cowley, Hannah, 1743–1809, English poet and dramatist. One of the ...
- William Gifford - Gifford, William Gifford, William, 1756–1826, English journalist and critic. He was editor ...
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- Della - Della Cruscans or Della Cruscan School. So called from Crusca, the Florentine academy. The name is ...
- Mæviad - Mæviad A merciless satire by Gifford on the Della Cruscan school of poetry. Published 1796. ...
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