Proclaiming a Classic : The Canonization of Orlando Furioso

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Despite its immediate popularity and its acclaim as a modern equal of the ancient epics, Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (published in its final version in 1532) was for learned readers a perplexing work: it mixed romance, epic, and lyric poetry, poked fun at its marvelous and outmoded chivalric matt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Javitch, Daniel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Roland > (Legendary character)
Ariosto, Lodovico, > 1474-1533. > Orlando furioso.
Orlando furioso (Ariosto, Lodovico)
Romances.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
POETRY > Continental European.
Roland (Legendary character) > Romances > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Despite its immediate popularity and its acclaim as a modern equal of the ancient epics, Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (published in its final version in 1532) was for learned readers a perplexing work: it mixed romance, epic, and lyric poetry, poked fun at its marvelous and outmoded chivalric matter, contained many interrupted narrative threads, and included base and lowborn characters. In exploring the literary debates involved in elevating the Furioso to the rank of a classic, Daniel Javitch maintains that this was the first work of modern poetry to provoke widespread critical controversy, a.
Item Description:Cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9781400861804

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