Description: Latin Poetry, Hardcover by Ariosto, Ludovico; Looney, Dennis (EDT); Possanza, D. Mark (EDT), ISBN 0674977173, ISBN-13 9780674977174, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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
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Book Title: Latin Poetry
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Medieval, Europe / Renaissance, European / Italian
Genre: Poetry, History
Item Weight: 14.7 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Ludovico. Ariosto
Book Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Hardcover
