Cervantes, Don Quixote

Cervantes, Don Quixote

Spain Part one published in 1605; part two published in 1615.   Miguel de Cervantes Don Quijote de la Mancha     Introduction commissioned. ​ Author Name Works Cited If applicable.   Resources BibliographyImagesWebsitesPerformancesOnline courses Editions:...
Marino, Adone

Marino, Adone

Italy / France 1623 Giambattista Marino, Adone (Adonis) Giambattista Marino’s Adone can be characterized as a mythical poem. The well-known love story of Venus and Adonis, featured in Cantos III, VIII, XV, XVII, and XVIII of this poem of 20 cantos, is compounded by...
Malaguerra

Malaguerra

Italy 1858-1860       Giusto Lodico (La Storia dei paladini di Francia) Malaguerra     Malaguerra (named Orello at birth and also called Morbello) is a fictional knight who first appears in Giusto Lodico’s Storia dei paladini di Francia [History of...
Pessoa, Mensagem

Pessoa, Mensagem

Portugal 1934   Francisco Pessoa, Mensagem Francisco Pessoa’s Mensagem (1934) is an esoteric national epic simultaneously steeped in reverential homage to the past while paving the way for what it means to compose an epic in the modern era. This duality can be...