The Metamorphoses of Lucretia: Three Eighteenth-Century Reinterpretations of the Myth: Carlo Goldoni, Samuel Richardson and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in Bloomington, MN

The metamorphoses of the myth of Lucretia are innumerable. Even preserving her essence and profound meaning, the Roman matron has crossed the centuries, met and bewitched three eighteenth-century authors: Goldoni, Richardson and Lessing. They perceived her call and reinterpreted her story, each in his own peculiar way.