GIAN DOMENICO PERI
\d͡ʒˈa͡ɪən dˈə͡ʊmnɪkˌə͡ʊ pˈɛɹi], \dʒˈaɪən dˈəʊmnɪkˌəʊ pˈɛɹi], \dʒ_ˈaɪ_ə_n d_ˈəʊ_m_n_ɪ_k_ˌəʊ p_ˈɛ_ɹ_i]\
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surnamed "The Poet of the Woods". An Italian poet; born in the district of Siena, about 1570; died 1638. He wrote "Comedies of the Woods" and "Shepherds' Dramas". After reading the Bible and Tasso, he essayed more ambitious themes, and wrote a poem on the creation of the world, entitled "Chaos"; but it was never published. He wrote some spirited satires on the corrupt manners of his time in the highest and lowest classes of society.
By Charles Dudley Warner
