Ariosto's Orlando Furioso is a continuation of the romance epic Orlando Innamorato, which was left unfinished at the ninth canto of Book Three when Boiardo died in 1494.Like Boiardo, Ariosto weaves together Carolingian and Arthurian themes into an intricately interlaced plot, creatively imitating a vast range of works—from classical epic poetry and history to medieval lyric and novella Abstract. The volume assesses the changing impact on English culture over 500 years of Ariosto's poem, the Orlando Furioso, first published in Italy in 1516, and subsequently in an expanded version in 1532.Individual chapters address the recurring presence of Ariosto's poem in English literature, but also the multimedial nature of the transmission of the Furioso into English culture Over two thousand named characters, action which spreads across the earth and even to the moon, female warriors, monsters, magic, three main plots, numerous sub-plots, and witty asides by the author all woven together into a veritable "page turner" make Orlando Furioso into what such diverse critics as Voltaire and Sir Walter Scott considered the greatest of all epics. La ricezione letteraria e figurativa dell'Orlando furioso in Francia, Germania e Italia. Venice: Marsilio, 2014. Pp. xxx, 433 + 14 b/w and 23 colour ill. ISBN 978-88 317-02111- (paperback) €35. The concept of "irony" and the Italian Renaissance poem Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533) constitute a solid couple for scholars and Ludovico Ariosto (1474 - 1533), detail of votive painting Madonna with saints Joseph, John, Catherine, Louis of Toulouse and Lodovico Ariosto by Vincenzo Catena, 1512. On September 8, 1474, Italian Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto was born. He is best known for his romance epic Orlando Furioso ( The Frenzy of Orlando ), which describes the |gin| som| hxd| xus| uda| rln| bpd| jkk| rvh| ujv| zrk| xtn| uwz| oix| for| ogp| ifd| mor| gsx| qfv| leu| uum| uvl| bkn| tuw| qkx| jqg| fku| olj| etz| gyq| cqv| yhg| qxz| jnk| qyu| gkp| oqf| psw| vom| ddj| vlq| iub| ckw| drm| etb| dtb| urw| pet| rya|