Editing Tudor Arghezi (section)

==Arghezi's work==
Arghezi is perhaps the most striking figure of Romanian [[Interwar period|interwar]] literature, and one of the major poets of the 20th century. The freshness of his vocabulary represents a most original synthesis between the traditional styles and [[modernism]]. He has left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', which includes poetry, novels, essays, journalism, translations and letters.

The impact of his writings on Romanian poetic language was revolutionary, through his creation of unusual [[Lyrics|lyrical structures]], new subgenres in [[prose]] – such as the poetic novel, the "tablet" (''tableta'') and the "ticket" (''biletul'').<ref>Vianu, p.482</ref>  He excelled at powerful and concise formulations, the shock value of which he exploited to startle lazy or [[Conformism|conformist thinking]], and his writings abound in [[paradox]]es, as well as [[Metaphysics|metaphysical]] or religious arguments.<ref>Vianu, pp. 482–483</ref> Evidencing the satirical genre's leading role throughout Arghezi's literary career, [[George Călinescu]] argued that it had become a contributing factor to much of his poetry and prose fiction.<ref>Călinescu, pp. 323–324</ref>

Arghezi re-established an [[aesthetic]] of the [[grotesque]], and experimented at length with [[Prosody (poetry)|prosody]].<ref name="Kuiper, p.67"/> In much of his poetry (notably in his ''Flori de mucigai'' and ''Hore''), Arghezi also built upon a tradition of [[slang]] and [[argot]] usage, creating an atmosphere which, according to Călinescu, recalled the universe of [[Anton Pann]], as well as those of [[Salvatore Di Giacomo]] and [[Cesare Pascarella]].<ref>Călinescu, p.322</ref> He introduced a vocabulary of intentional ugliness and decay, with the manifest goal of extending the limits of poetic language, the major theme in his ''Cuvinte Potrivite''; nevertheless, the other half of Arghezi's poetic universe was that of family life, childhood, and small familiar spaces, rendered in minutely detailed poems.<ref>Kuiper, p.67; Willhardt ''et al.'', p.16</ref> In an era when the idea of the impossibility of communication was fashionable, he stood against his contemporaries through his strong belief in the power of the written word to communicate ideas and feelings — he was described by [[Tudor Vianu]] as "a fighting poet, subject to attacks as well as returning them".<ref>Vianu, p.485</ref>

Despite his association with the Communist regime, Arghezi is widely acknowledged as a major literary figure. His work has traditionally been a staple of Romanian literature textbooks for decades.