THE BOOK OF
GIANTS
Machiavelli decides to be niceShakespeare does something new
Chapter 14
jIn fact, the printing press was a big help to a lot of Renaissance Giants,
2Many of whom were having fun inventing new kinds of Renaissance literary forms,
3kLike poetry,
4lAnd comedy,
5mAnd tragedy.
6For example, a Giant named Dante invented a Renaissance literary form called the epic poem,
7And wrote one called ‘The Inferno’ about a trip to the nold heathen Greek and Roman Underworld,
8Which starred a character called oVirgil,
9Who was the Roman who wrote an epic poem called the pAeneid,
10Which was a lot like the epic poem called the qOdyssey,
11rWhich was written by a Greek called Homer.
12Dante’s idea was so creative and original that a lot of other Giants decided to invent their own Renaissance literary forms,
13And so they did.
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