The Pattern of Painful Adventures (1576) is a prose
novel.
[1] A later edition, printed in 1607 by
Valentine Simmes and published by
Nathaniel Butter, was a source for
William Shakespeare's play
Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
[2] There was at least one intermediate edition, around 1595.
[3]
It was a translation by Lawrence Twine of the tale of Apollonius of Tyre from John Gower's Confessio Amantis (in Middle English verse). It is also said to be translated from a French version. [4] William Henry Schofield stated that Shakespeare used both sources. [5]
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The Pattern of Painful Adventures (1576) is a prose
novel.
[1] A later edition, printed in 1607 by
Valentine Simmes and published by
Nathaniel Butter, was a source for
William Shakespeare's play
Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
[2] There was at least one intermediate edition, around 1595.
[3]
It was a translation by Lawrence Twine of the tale of Apollonius of Tyre from John Gower's Confessio Amantis (in Middle English verse). It is also said to be translated from a French version. [4] William Henry Schofield stated that Shakespeare used both sources. [5]
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cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link)