Proclaiming a Classic : : The Canonization of Orlando Furioso / / Daniel Javitch.

Despite its immediate popularity and its acclaim as a modern equal of the ancient epics, Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (published in its final version in 1532) was for learned readers a perplexing work: it mixed romance, epic, and lyric poetry, poked fun at its marvelous and outmoded chivalric matt...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1991
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1166
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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Table of 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