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LITERARY INFORMATION
The original Greek story on which the play is based is believed to
be very old; many versions of the story have been written down.
One obvious source for Shakespeare was the poet John Gower, a
contemporary of Geoffrey Chaucer. The story is found in Book
VIII of his Confessio Amantis, a collection of moralistic love
stories. His hero was called Apollonious of Tyre, whom
Shakespeare renamed as "Pericles."
Besides Gower, two later writers also narrated the tale in their
books. The first was Twine, whose novel on the same theme was
called The Pattern of Painful Adventures, published in 1576.
Taking his ideas from Twine's novel, George Wilkins published
The Painful Adventures of Pericles, Prince of Tyre in 1608.
Wilkins uses the same name for the protagonist as Shakespeare.
However, the date of publication of the Shakespeare's play is
uncertain and may come before the Twine novel.
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