La figlia di Iorio

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La figlia di Iorio is a 1904 verse tragedy by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, set in rural Abruzzo and renowned for its poetic language and portrayal of folk traditions and passionate, doomed love.

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The Daughter of Iorio 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian play
play
verse tragedy
author Gabriele D'Annunzio
surface form: Gabriele D’Annunzio
countryOfOrigin Italy
firstPerformanceYear 1904
form poetic drama
genre tragedy
verse drama
hasAdaptation film adaptation
opera adaptation
hasCharacterType landowning family
peasant characters
witch-like outcast woman
hasCulturalContext Southern Italian rural society
traditional patriarchal community
hasInfluence Italian 20th-century theatre
hasMotif collective violence
honor and shame
religious and magical rituals
hasReception considered one of D’Annunzio’s major plays
hasStyle dramatic
lyrical
symbolic
hasTitleTranslation La figlia di Iorio self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Daughter of Iorio
influencedBy Abruzzo
surface form: Abruzzese folklore

symbolist drama
languageRegister elevated poetic diction
literaryForm verse
literaryMovement Decadentism
mainTheme conflict between individual desire and social norms
superstition and folk beliefs
tragic love
medium theatre
notableFor depiction of passionate doomed love
poetic language
portrayal of Abruzzese folk traditions
originalLanguage Italian
partOf Italian theatrical canon
partOfAuthor’sOeuvre Gabriele D’Annunzio’s dramatic works
periodOfWork early 20th century
publicationYear 1904
settingEnvironment rural area
settingLocation Abruzzo
structure three acts
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary to author’s time

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La figlia di Iorio hasTitleTranslation La figlia di Iorio self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Daughter of Iorio
Gabriele D'Annunzio notableWork La figlia di Iorio
Gabriele Rapagnetta notableWork La figlia di Iorio
subject surface form: Gabriele D'Annunzio