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An edition of Orlando furioso (1545)

Orlando Furioso

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Orlando Furioso ("The Frenzy of Orlando", more literally "Mad Orlando"; in Italian furioso is seldom capitalized) is an Italian romantic epic by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was not published in its complete form until 1532. Orlando Furioso is a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's unfinished romance Orlando Innamorato ("Orlando in Love", published posthumously in 1495). The action takes place against the background of the war between Charlemagne and his Christian paladins, and the Saracen army which is attempting to invade Europe. However, Ariosto has little concern for historical or geographical accuracy, and the poem wanders at will from Japan to the Hebrides, as well as including many fantastical and magical elements, such as a trip to the moon and an array of fantastical creatures including a gigantic sea monster called the orc and the hippogriff. Many themes are interwoven in its complicated, episodic structure, but the most important plot is the paladin Orlando's unrequited love for the pagan princess Angelica, which develops into the madness of the title. After this comes the love between the female Christian warrior Bradamante and the pagan Ruggiero, who are supposed to be the ancestors of Ariosto's patrons, the d'Este family of Ferrara.The poem is divided into forty-six cantos, each containing a variable number of eight-line stanzas in ottava rima (a rhyme scheme of abababcc). Ottava rima had been used in previous Italian romantic epics, including Luigi Pulci's Morgante and Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato. Ariosto's work is 38,736 lines long in total, making it one of the longest poems in European literature.

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Cover of: Orlando furioso
Orlando furioso: a new verse translation
2009, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
in English
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Orlando Furioso
1983, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: Orlando Furioso in English heroical verse.
Orlando Furioso in English heroical verse.
1970, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Da Capo Press
in English
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Cover of: Orlando furioso.
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Orlando furioso
1907, The National alumni
in English - [Ed. de luxe]
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Orlando Furioso
1886, Fratelli Treves
in Italian
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Orlando furioso
1853, Presso l'I. R. Amministrazione per la vendita de' libri scolastici
in Italian
Cover of: The Orlando furioso
The Orlando furioso
1823, J. Murray
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Orlando furioso
1773, Datorchi di G. Baskerville, per P. Molini e G. Molini
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Translation of: Orlando Furioso.
Includes index.

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Oxford, New York
Series
The World's classics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
851/.3
Library of Congress
PQ4582.E5 A38 1983, PQ4582.E5

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 630 p. ;
Number of pages
630

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3494148M
Internet Archive
orlandofurioso0000ario_u9d2
ISBN 10
0192816365
LCCN
82014083
Library Thing
50958
Goodreads
1990743

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