Ercole

poem by Giraldi

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discussed in biography

  • In Giambattista Giraldi

    In his poem Ercole (1557; “Hercules”) he tried to reconcile the Aristotelian rules with modern taste. In his Discorso delle comedie e delle tragedie (1543; “Discourse on Comedy and Tragedy”) he reacted against the austerity of the classical tragedies. In his own tragedies—Orbecche (1541), his only strictly Senecan…

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place in Italian literature