Merope
work by Maffei
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discussed in biography
- In Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei
…who, in his verse tragedy Merope, attempted to introduce Greek and French classical simplicity into Italian drama and thus prepared the way for the dramatic tragedies of Vittorio Alfieri and the librettos of Pietro Metastasio later in the 18th century.
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place in Italian literature
- In Italian literature: Reform of the tragic theatre
…guide Verona illustrata (1731–32), produced Merope—a tragedy that met with great success and pointed the way toward reform of the Italian tragic theatre. (Merope was subsequently adapted into French by Voltaire.) Between 1726 and 1747 Antonio Conti—an admirer of William Shakespeare—wrote four Roman tragedies in blank verse. It was not…
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