Danubius International Conferences, 13th International Conference The Danube - Axis of European Identity
The Danube, an Eminescian Obsessive Present
Last modified: 2023-06-20
Abstract
A national poet never ignores the fundamental landmarks of a people. It is also the case of Mihai Eminescu, the one who builds a series of landmarks in his own mind, to which he will never give up. The first encounter of the Danube in his imagination is in popular culture, where the name of the river is often mentioned. During his adolescent wanderings period when he physically meets the river; as a student in Vienna, he has numerous stops on its banks. The poetic creation has its exposed mentions linked to its grandiose symbolism. Political journalism, especially that of Timpul/Time, finds in Eminescu an attentive and applied analyst to the political issues raised by the interests of the great powers in terms of strategic and economic potential of the Danube in general and the mouths of the Danube in particular. Taken together, all this entitles us to speak of an Eminescian obsession for the Danube.
