The review for Literary History and Theory

DE VITA PATRIS: UN MOTIV BIOGRAFIC EUROPEAN PÂNĂ LA DIMITRIE ŞI ANTIOH CANTEMIR

December 14, 2018

👤Author

Name: Ștefan Lemny

📄Article

Citation Recommendation: LEMNY, Ștefan. „De vita patris: un motiv biografic european până la Dimitrie şi Antioh Cantemir”. In: RITL, New Series, XII, No. 1-4, January-December 2018, p. 77-85.
Titlul: DE VITA PATRIS: UN MOTIV BIOGRAFIC EUROPEAN PÂNĂ LA DIMITRIE ŞI ANTIOH CANTEMIR
TitleDE VITA PATRIS, AN EUROPEAN BIOGRAPHICAL MOTIF UNTIL DIMITRIE AND ANTIOH CANTEMIR
Pages: 77-85
Language: Romanian
URL: https://ritl.ro/pdf/2018/1-4/3_S_Lemny.pdf

Abstract: This article establishes the place of Dimitrie Cantemir’s Vita Constantini Cantemyrii in the 17thcentury biographical genre of de vita patris. The author points out that the writing of his father’s life story is an intellectual endeavour full of significations, extremely helpful in deciphering Dimitrie Cantemir’s mentality, especially regarding the importance of the paternal model in his own formation and that of his successors.

Keywords: Dimitrie Cantemir, Antioh Cantemir, the European biographical tradition, De vita patris, Vita Constantini Cantemyrii