Pandosto

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Pandosto is a 1588 prose romance by Robert Greene that famously served as the primary source for Shakespeare’s play "The Winter’s Tale."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Elizabethan prose fiction
prose romance
adaptedInto The Winter’s Tale NERFINISHED
author Robert Greene NERFINISHED
authorOccupation Robert Greene was a professional writer and pamphleteer NERFINISHED
belongsTo English prose romances of the 1580s
circulation popular in late 16th century England
containsMotif abandoned royal child
oracle consultation
recognition scene
countryOfOrigin England
differsFrom The Winter’s Tale in its tragic conclusion
featuresCharacter Bellaria NERFINISHED
Dorastus NERFINISHED
Fawnia NERFINISHED
Pandosto (King of Bohemia) NERFINISHED
firstPublisher Thomas Orwin NERFINISHED
form novella-like narrative
genre prose fiction
romance
hasAlternativeTitle Pandosto: The Triumph of Time NERFINISHED
hasEnding tragic ending for Pandosto
hasFemaleLead Fawnia NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalSignificance major narrative source for Shakespearean romance
hasInfluenceOn later pastoral and romance drama
hasMoralFocus the consequences of rash jealousy
hasPlotDevice shipwreck and exile
hasProseStyle ornate Elizabethan rhetoric
hasProtagonistRole Pandosto as jealous king
hasPublicationCentury 16th century
hasStructure frame of a king’s suspicion of his queen
hasTitleCharacter Pandosto NERFINISHED
influenced William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement English Renaissance literature
narrativeForm prose
originalMedium printed book
period Elizabethan era NERFINISHED
primarySourceFor The Winter’s Tale NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1588
relatedWork Mamillia NERFINISHED
Menaphon NERFINISHED
setting Bohemia NERFINISHED
Sicilia NERFINISHED
theme jealousy
loss and restoration
repentance

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Robert Greene notableWork Pandosto