Project Gutenberg 2010-11-02 Public domain in the USA. 55 Rice, Cale Young 1872 1943 Porzia Produced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) "Porzia" by Cale Young Rice is a poetic drama written in the early 20th century, specifically around 1913. This play is intricately set during the era of decadent Humanism in Naples, amidst the rich cultural and philosophical upheaval of the Renaissance. The narrative explores themes of love, heresy, and the complex intersections of personal and societal struggles within the context of the Inquisition. The story unfolds on the wedding day of Rizzio di Rossi and Porzia, where undercurrents of passion and betrayal emerge. Rizzio, a leader of the Literati, faces accusations of heresy, leading to his arrest and subsequent turmoil in his relationships. Porzia, caught in this web, grapples with her emotions toward Rizzio and his brother Osio, who seeks to protect her but bears his own obsessive love for her. As the plot progresses, tragedy unfolds with the loss of Porzia's child and dark revelations of infidelity, pushing the characters toward their inevitable fates. The play is a compelling exploration of human desires, societal constraints, and the quest for truth, ultimately leading to a dramatic turn that intersects with the moral dilemmas of its time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American drama PS Text Browsing: Literature 138820 138829 2024-09-14T10:49:56.191305 2023-09-15T05:56:29.668741 text/html text/html 137903 2021-01-07T03:41:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 42355 2021-01-07T03:41:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 85288 2024-09-14T10:50:02.560294 application/epub+zip 85508 2024-09-14T10:49:57.724318 application/epub+zip 85509 2024-09-14T10:49:56.780333 application/epub+zip 170966 2024-09-14T10:50:06.765269 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256960 2024-09-14T10:50:01.927295 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257206 2022-09-15T14:12:30.592506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102650 102449 2024-09-14T10:49:55.219308 2023-09-15T05:56:28.953741 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 102510 2021-01-07T03:41:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 38730 2021-01-07T03:41:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 102502 2021-01-07T03:41:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38707 2021-01-07T03:41:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19621 2024-09-14T10:50:06.906280 application/rdf+xml 8662 2024-09-14T10:49:57.175344 image/jpeg 2446 2024-09-14T10:49:56.971409 image/jpeg 85588 2024-09-14T10:49:56.208305 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia