Orlando innamorato

by Matteo Maria Boiardo

Overview

Like Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, Boiardo's chivalric verse tale, dating from the 1480s, first entertained the culturally innovative court of Ferrara. Inventive, humorous, inexhaustible, the story recounts Orlando's love-striken pursuit of Angelica through a fairyland that combines the military valours of Charlemagne's crusaders with the enchantments of King Arthur's court. This newly translated and abridged edition is the only one available, and it offers thorough annotation as well as an introduction and maps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788869972997
Publisher:	Fermento
Publication date:	04/26/2016
Series:	Classici della letteratura e narrativa senza tempo
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB
Language:	Italian

Editorial Reviews

Boiardo's long poetic account of the chivalric and magical adventures of the knight Orlando (Roland) stands at a crucial juncture between the chansons de geste and medieval Romance and the great Renaissance epics such as Ariosto's Orlando Furioso and Spenser's Faerie Queene. The publisher has done a service to both the scholar and the serious reader, providing a handsome bilingual edition of the Orlando Innamorato that features the first complete translation in English. While not always literal, translator Ross's efforts are vigorous, capturing much of the spirit of the original. He also includes a cogent introductory essay on Boiardo and his work.-- T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong State Coll., Savannah, Ga.

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