The quest for epic : from Ariosto to Tasso

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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Main Author: Zatti, Sergio, 1950-
Other Authors: Looney, Dennis, Hill, Sarah Patricia, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2006.
Series:Toronto Italian studies.
Subjects:
Ariosto, Lodovico, > 1474-1533. > Orlando furioso.
Tasso, Torquato, > 1544-1595. > Gerusalemme liberata.
Ariosto, Lodovico, > 1474-1533 > Criticism and interpretation.
Tasso, Torquato, > 1544-1595 > Criticism and interpretation.
Ariosto, Lodovico, > 1474-1533 > Critique et interprétation.
Tasso, Torquato, > 1544-1595 > Critique et interprétation.
Ariosto, Lodovico, > 1474-1533
Tasso, Torquato, > 1544-1595
Ariosto, Ludovico.
Tasso, Torquato.
Gerusalemme liberata (Tasso, Torquato)
Orlando furioso (Ariosto, Lodovico)
1500-1599
Italian poetry > 16th century > History and criticism.
POETRY > Continental European.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Italian.
Italian poetry
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Furioso between Epos and romance
  • 2. The quest : considerations on the form of the Furioso
  • 3. Turpin's role : poetry and truth in the Furioso
  • 4. Tasso versus Ariosto?
  • 5. The shattering of the chivalric world : Ariosto's Cinque canti
  • 6. Christian uniformity, pagan multiplicity
  • 7. Errancy, infirmity, and conquest : figures of conflict
  • 8. Torquato Tasso : epic in the age of dissimulation.

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