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Orlando furioso : a new verse translation / Ludovico Ariosto ; [translated by] David R. Slavitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533.
- Standardized Title:
- Orlando furioso. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Roland (Legendary character)--Romances.
- Roland.
- Roland (Legendary character).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (688 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Italian.
- Summary:
- The appearance of David R. Slavitt's translation of Orlando Furioso ("Mad Orlando"), one of the great literary achievements of the Italian Renaissance, is a publishing event. With this lively new verse translation, Slavitt introduces readers to Ariosto's now neglected masterpiece - a poem whose impact on Western literature can scarcely be exaggerated. Slavitt's translation captures the energy, comedy, and great fun of Ariosto's Italian.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Translator's Preface
- Introduction / Ross, Charles S.
- Canto Primo
- Canto Secondo
- Canto Terzo
- Canto Quarto
- Canto Quinto
- Canto Sesto
- Canto Settimo
- Canto Ottavo
- Canto Nono
- Canto Decimo
- Canto Undecimo
- Canto Duodecimo
- Canto Terzodecimo
- Canto Quartodecimo
- Canto Quintodecimo
- Canto Sestodecimo
- Canto Decimosettimo
- Canto Decimottavo
- Canto Decimonono
- Canto Ventesimo
- Canto Ventesimoprimo
- Canto Ventesimosecondo
- Canto Ventesimoterzo
- Canto Ventesimoquarto
- Canto Ventesimosesto
- Canto Ventessimonono
- Canto Trentesimo
- Canto Trentesimoquarto
- Canto Trentesimosesto
- Canto Trentessimottavo
- Canto Trentesimonono
- Canto Quarantesimosesto et Ultimo
- Glossary of Names
- Notes:
- Translated from the Italian.
- ISBN:
- 9780674053519
- 0674053516
- OCLC:
- 979588445
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