The romance epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso : from public duty to private pleasure / Jo Ann Cavallo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavallo, Jo Ann.

Series:

Toronto Italian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boiardo, Matteo Maria, 1440 or 1441-1494--Criticism and interpretation.

Boiardo, Matteo Maria.

Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533--Criticism and interpretation.

Ariosto, Lodovico.

Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595--Criticism and interpretation.

Tasso, Torquato.

Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595.

Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533.

Boiardo, Matteo Maria, 1440 or 1441-1494.

Epic poetry, Italian--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Italian.

Romances, Italian--History and criticism.

Romances, Italian.

Italian poetry--15th century--History and criticism.

Italian poetry.

Italian poetry--16th century--History and criticism.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 294 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2004]

Contents:

Part I An Ethics of Action

2 Boiardo, Orlando Innamorato, Book One (1482-3): Romance 15

3 Orlando Innamorato, Book Two (1482-3): History 34

4 Orlando Innamorato, Book Three (1495): Epic 45

Part II Creative Imitation

6 Cieco da Ferrara, Il Mambriano (1509) 74

7 Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (1516): Didactic Allegory 82

8 Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (1516): Novellas of Civic Virtue 99

9 Ariosto, Cinque canti (Composed c. 1519-21) 126

10 Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (1532) 134

Part III The Triumph of Romance

12 Trissino, L'Italia liberata da' Goti (1547-8) 158

13 Bernardo Tasso, L'Amadigi (1560) 170

14 Torquato Tasso, Il Rinaldo (1562) 178

15 Torquato Tasso, La Gerusalemme Liberata (1581) 186.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: pages [265]-282.

ISBN:

0802089151 :

OCLC:

54691643