Literary References
Numerous writers set their works in Messina, including:
- Plutarch - The Life of Pompey (40 BC?)
- Giovanni Boccaccio - Decameron IV day V novel, Lisabetta da Messina - IV day IV Novel, Gerbino ed Elissa (1351)
- Matteo Bandello - Novelliere First Part, novel XXII (1554)
- William Shakespeare - Much Ado about Nothing (1598) and Antony and Cleopatra (1607)
- Molière - L'Etourdi ou Les Contre-temps (1654)
- Friedrich Schiller - Die Braut von Messina (The Bride of Messina, 1803)
- Silvio Pellico - Eufemio da Messina (1818)
- Friedrich Nietzsche - Idyllen aus Messina (Idylls from Messina, 1882)
- Giovanni Pascoli - poem L'Aquilone (1904)
- Elio Vittorini - Le donne di Messina (Women of Messina, 1949) and Conversazione in Sicilia (Conversations in Sicily, 1941)
- Stefano D'Arrigo - Horcynus Orca (1975)
- Julien Green - Demain n'existe pas (1985)
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