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1 online resource (x, 294 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Toronto Italian studies
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Toronto Italian studies.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index. |
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General introduction -- pt. 1. An ethics of action -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Boiardo, Orlando Innamorato, book one (1482-3) : romance -- 3. Orlando Innamorato, book two (1482-3) : history -- 4. Orlando Innamorato, book three (1495) : epic -- pt. 2. Creative information -- 5. Introduction -- 6. Cieco da Ferrara, Il Mambriano (1509) -- 7. Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (1516) : didactic allegory -- 8. Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (1516) : novellas of civic virtue -- 9. Ariosto, Cinque canti (composed c. 1519-21) -- 10. Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (1532) -- pt. 3. The triumph of romance -- 11. Introduction -- 12. Trissino, L'Italia liberata da' Goti (1547-8) -- 13. Bernardo Tasso, L'Amadigi (1560) -- 14. Torquato Tasso, Il Rinaldo (1562) -- 15. Torquato Tasso, La Gerusalemme Liberata (1581) -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
In The Romance Epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso, Jo Ann Cavallo attempts a new interpretation of the history of the renaissance romance epic in northern Italy, focusing on the period's three major chivalric poets. Cavallo challenges previous critical assumptions about the trajectory of the romance genre, especially regarding questions of creative imitation, allegory, ideology, and political engagement. In tracing the development of the romance epic against the historical context of the Ferrarese court and the Italian peninsula, Cavallo moves from a politically engaged Boiardo, whose poem promotes the tenets of humanism, to an individualistic Tasso, who opposed the repressive aspects of the counter-reformation culture he is often thought to represent. Ariosto is read from the vantage of his predecessor Boiardo, and Cavallo describes his cynicism and later mellowing attitude toward the real-world relevance of his and Boiardo's fiction. The Romance Epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso is the first critical study to bring together the three poets in a coherent vision that maps changes while uncovering continuities. |
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Boiardo, Matteo Maria, 1440 or 1441-1494 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Boiardo, Matteo Maria, 1440 or 1441-1494. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. |
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Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595 -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Boiardo, Matteo Maria, 1440 ou 41-1494 -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595. |
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Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533 -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Boiardo, Matteo Maria, (1441?-1494) -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Arioste, L' (1474-1533) -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Tasse, Le, (1544-1595) -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Ariosti, Orazio. |
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Boiardo, Matteo Maria. |
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Tasso, Torquato. |
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Epic poetry, Italian -- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, Italian. |
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Romances, Italian -- History and criticism.
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Romances, Italian. |
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Italian poetry -- 15th century -- History and criticism.
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Italian poetry. |
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15th century |
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Geschichte 1480-1590. |
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1400 - 1599 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Romancen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cavallo, Jo Ann. Romance epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2004 9780802089151 (DLC) 2004275933 (OCoLC)54691643 |
| ISBN |
9781442682245 (electronic book) |
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1442682248 (electronic book) |
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1281992402 |
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9781281992406 |
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0802089151 |
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9780802089151 |
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