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Proclaiming a classic : the canonization of Orlando furioso / Daniel Javitch.
LIBRA PQ4569 .J38 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Javitch, Daniel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso.
- Ariosto, Lodovico.
- Roland (Legendary character)--Romances--History and criticism.
- Roland.
- Roland (Legendary character).
- Romances.
- Physical Description:
- x, 205 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1991.
- Summary:
- In exploring the literary debates involved in elevating 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, and that the contestation played an inaugural role in the formation of the European poetic canon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0691065497:
- OCLC:
- 22629211
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