Letter I | Martyria

Studia Humanitatis No. I (XVII) / 2024 The Image of Light in Eminescu’s Poetry (II) Professor, PhD Nicolae Georgescu

This article analyses the role of punctuation in determining the meaning of key passages in Eminescu’s posthumous poetry, drawing on manuscripts, publications in Convorbiri literare, the Almanahul România Jună and the Maiorescu editions. The cases discussed — the comma in ‘Rugăciunea unui dac’, the hapax ‘nemurie’ in ‘Luceafărul’ and the lunar passage in ‘Satira IV’ — demonstrate how tacit changes to punctuation have distorted Eminescu’s cosmology and poetic logic.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (XVI) / 2023 The Image of Light in Eminescu’s Poetry (I) Professor, PhD Nicolae Georgescu

The article analyses the terms ‘luminare’ and ‘lumânare’ in Eminescu’s poetry, demonstrating that the editorial modernisations carried out by Titu Maiorescu, Perpessicius and others have distorted the meaning of the original expressions in ‘Letter I’, ‘The Night’ and ‘The Veranda Sonnet’, by confusing the lamp with the candle and undermining the coherence of the poetic image of light.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (III) / 2017 Anti-Mine Reflections in Eminescu’s Work? (I) Associate Professor, PhD Ioan Lazăr

The study carries out a comparative analysis between the works of Antim Ivireanul, in particular the Didahii, and the poetic works of Mihai Eminescu, identifying thematic and expressive parallels concerning the cosmic-maritime and astral imagery, the metaphor of the moon as mistress of the sea, and the vision of creation, whilst also drawing attention to the parallel between Antim and Bossuet as Christian orators sharing a common Asianic style.

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