Proclaiming a classic : the canonization of Orlando furioso / Daniel Javitch
1991, 1st edition. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #425848
ISBN: 0691065497
Physical description; 216 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-202) and index. Contents; Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter One. THE SUCCESS OF ORLANDO FURIOSO IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY -- Chapter Two. THE LEGITIMATION OF ORLANDO FURIOSO -- Chapter Three. COMMENTARIES ON IMITATIONS IN ORLANDO FURIOSO -- Chapter Four. AFFILIATIONS WITH OVID'S METAMORPHOSES -- Chapter Five. CRITICAL RESPONSES TO NARRATIVE DISCONTINUITY IN ORLANDO FURIOSO -- Chapter Six. LIONARDO SALVIATI'S DEFENSE OF ORLANDO FURIOSO -- Chapter Seven. OTHER DEFENSES OF ORLANDO FURIOSO IN THE 1580s -- Chapter Eight. HARINGTON'S ENGLISH REFRACTIONS OF ORLANDO FURIOSO -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- PRIMARY WORKS CONSULTED -- INDEX. Subjects; Orlando furioso (Ariosto, Lodovico). Roland (Legendary character) Romances History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM European Italian. Romances. Literary Studies. Literature in Diverse Languages. POETRY Continental European.
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