SATIRĂ ŞI PAMFLET ÎN SCRISORILE DE DRAGOSTE EMINESCIENE
SATIRE AND PAMPHLET IN EMINESCU’S LOVE LETTERS

Summary/Abstract: Between the lines of his love letters emerges the image of Eminescu as a pamphleteer, quite aggressive with the object for his satire, an aspect that does not come as a surprise, if we take into consideration the fact that the great poet was a well known pamphleteer since he was working as an editor-in-chief for the Timpul newspaper, his pen being the only weapon against corruption, his writings were extremely sarcastic, remonstrant and passionate in his criticism. It might seem surprising, for some readers, that this predilection for pamphlet and the satirical impulse are present even in the love letters that he addresses to Veronica Micle, but we have to take into consideration the fact that we discuss about literature and in this instance, the ego involved in the literary process expresses the two opposite states which have always followed the passing of the human being through this valley of tears love: and hate, affection and rebellion. Both hate and rebellion are exacerbated, because there is a third person involved in this amorous relationship: Ion Luca Caragiale. The ad-personam pamphlet dissolves itself into an ad-rem pamphlet, whose aim is not the individual as a person but a society that lost its moral values and it’s on the brink of a moral crisis. This satirical spirit is also present in Veronica Micle’s letters, written during her amorous correspondence with Eminescu, as there are many caricatural depictions (portraits) of the supposed mistresses of Miticu, for example the portrait of lady Kremnitz: “...these pretty stockings lacking any value or virtue”.

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