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Regno Unito

title: COMUS

subject date: 2004-01-15

caption: John MILTON (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) ''And they, so perfect is their misery''. From the work ''Comus'', which the English poet wrote in 1634 inspired by a pastoral drama, a ''masque'', that is, a fantastic representation of the type in vogue since the Elizabethan age. Comus is a necromancer, son of Circe and Bacchus, who transforms lost travellers in the Welsh forest into beasts by seducing them with a spell, and his deception is such that despite their transformation they admire themselves in the mirror. But a virtuous woman, although captured by a trick, resists his flattery and will be saved by her two brothers with the help of the Assistant Spirit. Illustration by Arthur Rackham (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939), United Kingdom 1914.

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country: Regno Unito

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object name: 52583

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continent: Europa

image century : XX

image epoch: Anni Dieci

licence: RM

subject century: XVII

subject epoch: Umanesimo

technique: Illustrazione

id: 27261

file name: FSNgilardi_52583.jpg

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CommonpoetryEnglandGreat BritainUnited KingdomKingdom of EnglandstoryfictiontalesliteratureanthropomorphismmagicianmagicspelltransformationmetamorphosiszoomorphosisMasquemirrorMilton J.HumanismRackham A.monsterstemptationfallvirtuesinfree will