The Cenci (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- First Published: 1819
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Sixteenth century
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy, Closet drama
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Incest, Rape, Assassination, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Assassins, hit men, or contract killers, Sixteenth century, Italy or Italians, Popes or papacy, Romanticism, Rome
- Locales: Rome, Italy, Apennines, Italy
Places Discussed
*Rome. Great Italian city in which the primary palace of the Cenci family is built. Outwardly, the palace reflects the grandeur of Rome at the end of the Renaissance. Its accommodations are sumptuous, and it is a scene of great pomp and pageantry. However, the palace is home to Count Francesco Cenci, a decadent and selfish tyrant determined to break the spirit of everyone in his family, in particular his strong-willed daughter Beatrice. Cenci flourishes in Rome, which suggests the city is tainted with the spiritual corruption he represents.
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