Il pastor fido in lingua napolitana by Battista Guarini

"Il pastor fido in lingua napolitana" by Battista Guarini is a pastoral tragicomedy originally published in 1590. Set in Arcadia, the play weaves together stories of reluctant love and divine curses. To lift an ancient punishment requiring yearly sacrifice, two young people of godly descent must wed. But hearts prove wayward: a hunter scorns romance until he wounds his pursuer, while a faithful shepherd loves a woman promised to another. Elaborate schemes, mistaken identities, and last-minute revelations drive this tale toward its resolution, exploring themes of devotion and destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Guarini, Battista, 1538-1612
Translator Basile, Domenico, active 17th century
Title Il pastor fido in lingua napolitana
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_pastor_fido
Credits Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 68.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language Napoletano-Calabrese
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Guarini, Battista, 1538-1612. Pastor fido -- Adaptations
Subject Pastoral drama, Italian
Category Text
EBook-No. 17835
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Feb 24, 2006
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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