Francesco Pona

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Francesco Pona (1595–1655) was an Italian doctor, philosopher, Marinist poet and writer from Verona, whose works ranged from scientific treatises and history to poetry and plays.

Works

  • 1625 - La Lucerna - a dialogue reporting the imagined discussions over four evenings between a speaker-narrator and his student Eureta, allowing the author to tell a series of observations, stories, curious or memorable facts and the lives of modern, mythological or historical people, each of whom the author makes represent a specific behavioural trait or illustrate a particular moral teaching
  • Messalina
  • 1631 - Il Gran contagio di Verona
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