The quest for epic : from Ariosto to Tasso /
"Translated here for the first time into English, Sergio Zatti's The Quest for Epic is a selection of studies on the two major poets of the Italian Renaissance, Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso, by one of the most important literary critics writing in Italy today. An original and challe...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Italian |
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Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
©2006.
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| Series: | Toronto Italian studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | "Translated here for the first time into English, Sergio Zatti's The Quest for Epic is a selection of studies on the two major poets of the Italian Renaissance, Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso, by one of the most important literary critics writing in Italy today. An original and challenging work, The Quest for Epic documents the development of Italian narrative from the chivalric romance at the end of the fifteenth century to the epic literature of the sixteenth century."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | Translation from Italian. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (315 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442682160 1442682167 1281991740 9781281991744 9786611991746 6611991743 |