Historia de duobus amantibus
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Historia de duobus amantibus is a 15th-century Latin erotic and epistolary novel, renowned for its vivid depiction of passionate love and often attributed to Pope Pius II before his papacy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
15th-century work
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Latin novel ⓘ erotic literature ⓘ |
| attributedTo |
Enea Silvio Piccolomini
NERFINISHED
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Pope Pius II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author |
Enea Silvio Piccolomini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pope Pius II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 15th century ⓘ |
| circulation |
early printed editions
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manuscript ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| criticalReception | considered scandalous in later religious contexts ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 1440s ⓘ |
| genre |
epistolary fiction
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erotic fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | series of letters ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist |
Euryalus
NERFINISHED
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Lucretia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early Italian humanism ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later European erotic literature ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Italian Renaissance literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | humanist Latin prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
adultery
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passionate love ⓘ |
| moralTone | ambivalent toward adultery ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | epistolary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of Renaissance erotic prose
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vivid depiction of erotic passion ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Historia de duobus amantibus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | various Renaissance manuscripts ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | Commentaries of Pius II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Siena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Renaissance ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Renaissance Latin literature courses
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history of erotic literature ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | love affair between a married woman and a young man ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Tale of Two Lovers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writtenBefore | election of Enea Silvio Piccolomini as Pope Pius II ⓘ |
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