The Metamorphoses of Lucretia: Three Eighteenth-Century Reinterpretations of the Myth: Carlo Goldoni, Samuel Richardson and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

by Anna Livia Frassetto

Overview

The metamorphoses of the myth of Lucretia are innumerable. Even preserving her essence and profound meaning, the Roman matron has crossed the centuries, met and bewitched three eighteenth-century authors: Goldoni, Richardson and Lessing. They perceived her call and reinterpreted her story, each in his own peculiar way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783034320580
Publisher:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	04/28/2017
Edition description:	New
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anna Livia Frassetto has a PhD in Comparative Literature and collaborates with the Chairs of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Sassari. She is book reviewer for several literary periodicals and journals. Her research interests include Comparative Literature, German, English and Italian Literature as well as Classical Reception Studies.

Table of Contents

The myth of Lucretia – Constants and thematic cores in the myth of Lucretia – Carlo Goldoni, Lugrezia Romana in Costantinopoli – Samuel Richardson, Clarissa or the History of a Young Lady – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Emilia Galotti – A comparison of the three authors: conclusions