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Latin poetry / Ludovico Ariosto ; edited and translated by Dennis Looney and D. Mark Possanza.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Latin Original language: Latin Series: I Tatti Renaissance library ; 84.Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018Description: xxvii, 258 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674977174
  • 0674977173
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 871/.04 23
LOC classification:
  • PA8125.I6 A75 2018
  • PQ4581.A7 L66 2018
Summary: "Arguably the most important Italian poet of the Renaissance and perhaps the most important European writer before Shakespeare, Ariosto's fame deservedly rests on his narrative poem, Orlando Furioso. In it Charlemagne's war against the Saracens serves as a backdrop to explore typical Renaissance themes such as love, madness, and fidelity, with an elaborate subplot that dramatizes how these themes affect the dynastic fortunes of Ariosto's patrons in the House of Este. The poem was published in over one hundred editions by 1600, so great was its popularity. The additional works that Ariosto composed have inevitably come to be viewed as minor in comparison to the magnitude and renown of his big poem. They include 214 letters, five plays, seven satires in verse, and dozens of lyric poems in Italian and Latin."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Printed Books British School at Rome REF.62/84 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not For Loan BSR18110039

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and indexes.

"Arguably the most important Italian poet of the Renaissance and perhaps the most important European writer before Shakespeare, Ariosto's fame deservedly rests on his narrative poem, Orlando Furioso. In it Charlemagne's war against the Saracens serves as a backdrop to explore typical Renaissance themes such as love, madness, and fidelity, with an elaborate subplot that dramatizes how these themes affect the dynastic fortunes of Ariosto's patrons in the House of Este. The poem was published in over one hundred editions by 1600, so great was its popularity. The additional works that Ariosto composed have inevitably come to be viewed as minor in comparison to the magnitude and renown of his big poem. They include 214 letters, five plays, seven satires in verse, and dozens of lyric poems in Italian and Latin."-- Provided by publisher.

Poems in Latin with English translations on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.

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