La Cleopatra (poem)
La Cleopatra is an epic poem in 13 songs by Girolamo Graziani (1604 - 1674). The work was very successful at the time and was praised by many famous writers, including Fulvio Testi.[1][2]
Cover of the Epic Poem "La Cleopatra" (1632) by Girolamo Graziani | |
Author | Girolamo Graziani |
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Original title | La Cleopatra Poema in XIII Canti |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Genre | epic poem |
Publisher | Sarzina (Italy) |
Publication date | 1632 |
Pages | 344 |
Preceded by | L'Iride, per le nozze serenissime di Maria Farnese Principessa di Parma e Francesco d'Este Duca di Modena. Canzone, Reggio, Flaminio Bartoli, 1631 |
Followed by | La Calisto. Panegirico in sesta rima alle glorie di Cristina regina di Svezia, Parigi, Agostino Courbé, 1644 |
The Plot
It deals with the story of love and war of Cleopatra and Mark Antony. It is full of pathetic-sentimental scenes that drag towards the end granted with the final double suicide (Cleopatra commits suicide, after witnessing the suicide of Mark Antony).
Editions
- Venice, Sarzina, 1632
- Venice, 1633
- Bologna, Per Carlo Zenero, 1652
- Venice, Francesco Brogiollo, 1670
Bibliography
- Camillo Marchesini, Vita del Conte Girolamo Gratiani, now in: Giulio Bertoni, Vita del Conte Girolamo Graziani scritta da Camillo Marchesini, "Studi e documenti", vol. 1, fasc. II, (sept. 1937-XV), pages 131-5.
- Girolamo Tiraboschi, Biblioteca Modenese, Modena, Soliani, 1783, tomo III, pagg. 12-22.
Notes
- "GRAZIANI, Girolamo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 58 (2002). Retrieved 6 June 2012.
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- Rosa Galli Pellegrini, La Tragédie Italienne à l'école du classicisme Français: le rôle de Chapelain dans la genèse du "Cromuele" de Graziani, “Quaderni del Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Moderne, Università di Genova”, 2-1987.
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