Virgile travesti

Virgile travesti is a parody of the Aeneid written by Paul Scarron in 1648.

It was inspired by Giovanni Battista Lalli's L'Eneide travestita (The Aeneid Disguised, 1633).

[1] This early example of French burlesque literature[2] is notable for introducing the word travesty[3] into English.

[4] Produced in eight volumes, the last book in the work was not published until 1659.

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