Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered and Imprisonment (1573–1595)

1. Tasso writes and stages the pastoral play Aminta

   Jul 31, 1573Labels: Aminta, Este court, Ferrara

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2. Tasso completes the first full version of Jerusalem Delivered

   Apr 1, 1575Labels: Gerusalemme liberata, Torquato Tasso

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3. Paranoia and violence lead to first confinement

   Jun 17, 1577Labels: Sant Anna, Torquato Tasso

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4. Tasso escapes Ferrara after convent confinement

   Jul 31, 1577Labels: San Francesco, Ferrara

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5. Tasso returns to Ferrara seeking renewed protection

   Feb 15, 1578Labels: Alfonso II, Torquato Tasso

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   • Ducato Estense

6. Duke Alfonso orders Tasso confined at Sant’Anna

   Jan 1, 1579Labels: Sant Anna, Alfonso II

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7. Pirated partial edition appears as Il Goffredo

   Jan 1, 1580Labels: Il Goffredo, pirated edition

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8. First complete editions of Gerusalemme liberata published

   Jun 24, 1581Labels: Gerusalemme liberata, first editions

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9. Tasso writes major prose dialogues during confinement

   Jan 1, 1582Labels: prose dialogues, Torquato Tasso

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   • Tasso Works

10. Tasso enters the epic controversy with an Apologia

    Jan 1, 1585Labels: Apologia, epic controversy

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11. Vincenzo Gonzaga secures Tasso’s release from Sant’Anna

    Jul 1, 1586Labels: Vincenzo Gonzaga, Mantua

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12. Tasso begins extensive rewriting into Gerusalemme conquistata

    Jan 1, 1587Labels: Gerusalemme conquistata, rewriting

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13. Gerusalemme conquistata published as a revised epic

    Jan 1, 1593Labels: Gerusalemme conquistata, 1593 edition

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14. Final years in Rome end before planned laurel coronation

    Apr 25, 1595Labels: laurel coronation, Sant Onofrio

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    • Biblical Cycl