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I would have gone down on my knee before him if we were allowed to worship men. With these words Giuseppe Verdi described his first impulse upon meeting Alessandro Manzoni in Milan in June 1868. Many readers are familiar with Manzoni's great novel, The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi), the work that elicited Verdi's extravagant reverence for its author. Before turning to write a novel, however, Manzoni composed two plays, The Count of Carmagnola (1820) and Adelchi (1822). Both plays broke free of the constraints of the neo-classical stage, and embraced the spirit of the new Romantic drama. Alessandro Manzoni, Two Plays makes these tragedies available in a fresh English translation.

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The Translator: Michael J. Curley is University Professor of English and Director of the Honors Program at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He earned his Ph.D. in English language and literature at the University of Chicago. He is the translator of the Latin Physiologus and Marie de France's Purgatory of Saint Patrick. His other publications include a book on Geoffrey of Monmouth, and numerous scholarly articles on medieval literature.

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