Ariosto's bitter harmony : crisis and evasion in the Italian Renaissance / Albert Russell Ascoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ascoli, Albert Russell, 1953- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renaissance--Italy.

Renaissance.

Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso.

Ariosto, Lodovico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (446 pages).

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1987]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on the fundamental Ariostan pairing of education and madness, with all its implications for poetry, Professor Ascoli generates a global reading of the greatest literary work of the Italian Renaissance.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Translations

1. The Orlando Furioso and the Poetry of Crisis

2. Critical Readings of the Orlando Furioso

3. Allegory and Education at the Antipodes

4. Cassandra's Veil and the Poet's Folly

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691609959

0691609950

9780691638140

0691638144

9781400858347

1400858348

OCLC:

889251142