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Antonietta Study Guide

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by John Hersey
About 7 pages (2,216 words)
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Literary Precedents

On one level Antonietta resembles Lloyd C. Douglas's The Robe (1942).

Christ's robe exerted an influence on all who wore or touched it; Antonietta inspires music and genius and erotic impulses whenever she is played. Robert Browning's "Pippa Passes" features a little servant girl on holiday whose joy and innocence influences everyone she meets. The use of a physical object which is seen as a fetish is almost as old in literature as it is in religion, a sword like Excalibur for example, or the Holy Grail also so much a part of Arthurian legend.

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Antonietta from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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