Work
Besides the above mentioned "Filippiche", and other works, some of poetry and some of literary criticism (such as the Varieta' di pensieri di Alessandro Tassoni - Diverse meditations by A.T.), Tassoni is best known as the author of the mock-heroic poem La secchia rapita (The Rape of the Bucket): it is by virtue of this work that he is remembered as Modena's poet laureate.
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