How did Jacint Verdaguer renew literary Catalan?

Jacint Verdaguer played a pivotal role in the Renaixença (the literary and linguistic rebirth of the Catalan language) by establishing himself as a preeminent epic poet. His creative output, most notably the works L’Atlàntida (1877) and Canigó (1886), served to renew literary Catalan by demonstrating the language's capacity for high-level artistic expression.12

Building upon the foundations laid by earlier figures such as Bonaventura Carles Aribau, Joaquim Rubió i Ors, and Víctor Balaguer, Verdaguer expanded the scope of the language through his mastery of epic, lyric, and mystic verse. By successfully utilizing Catalan for complex and ambitious literary forms, he helped overcome the perceived inadequacies of the language for intellectual and spiritual expression, effectively revitalizing it as a modern literary vehicle.12