عنوان

Orlando furioso :

(Number (ISBN

0674035356 (alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780674035355 (alk. paper)

Country Code

bnb

Number

b413416

Title Proper

Orlando furioso :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a new verse translation /

First Statement of Responsibility

Ludovico Ariosto ; [translated by] David R. Slavitt

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Mass. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 672 p. ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

"slightly more than half of what Ariosto wrote; ... with more than seven hundred pages, most appetites will be satisfied." (translator's preface)

Text of Note

Translated from the Italian

Text of Note

"With this new verse translation of Orlando Furioso ("Mad Orlando"), David R. Slavitt introduces readers to Ariosto's now-neglected masterpiece - a poem whose impact on Western literature can scarcely be exaggerated. Now, through translations of generous selections from this longest of all major European poems, Slavitt brings the poem to life in ways previous translators have nor." "At the heart of Ariosto's romance are Orlando's unrequited love for the pagan princess Angelica and his jealous rage when she elopes. The action takes place against a besieged Paris, as Charlemagne and his Christian paladins defend the city against the Saracen king. The poem, however, obeys no geography or rules but its own, as the story moves by whim from Japan to the Hebrides to the moon; it includes such imaginary creatures as the hippogriff and a sea monster called the orc. Orlando Furioso is Dante's medieval universe turned upside down and made comic. Characterized by satire, parody, and irony, the poem celebrates a new humanistic Renaissance conception of man in an utterly fantastical world. Slavitt's translation captures the energy, comedy, and great fun of Ariosto's Italian."--BOOK JACKET

General Material Designation

Orlando furioso.

Form Subheading

Selections

Language (when part of a heading)

English.

Roland (Legendary character), Romances

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Ariosto, Lodovico,1474-1533

Slavitt, David R.,1935-

Date of Transaction

20100322110520.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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