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Proclaiming a Classic: The Canonization of Orlando Furioso
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Proclaiming a Classic: The Canonization of Orlando Furioso
Contributors:
By (Author) Daniel Javitch
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
851.3
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
216
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
482g
Description
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 matter, contained many interrupted narrative threads, and i
