A dazzling kaleidoscope of adventures, ogres, monsters, barbaric splendor, and romance, this epic poem stands as one of the greatest works of the Italian Renaissance.[...]
One of the greatest epic poems of the Italian Renaissance, Orlando Furioso is an intricate tale of love and enchantment set at the time of the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne's conflict with the Moors. When Count Orlando returns to France from Cathay with the captive Angelica as his prize, her beauty[...]
This new translation brings to English-speaking readers an intense and brooding work by the greatest poet of the Italian Renaissance, Ludovico Ariosto. Begun as a sequel to his epic masterpiece "Orlando Furioso" (1516), the unfinished "Cinque Canti" are a powerful poem in their own right. Tragic in [...]
The Italian Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto's epic poem 'Orlando Furioso' is one of the most influential works of world poetry, celebrated for its instrumental role in establishing humanism. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. Th[...]
Ludovico Ariostos berømte ridderepos Orlando furioso (1516) så dagens lys for næsten 500 år siden. Det er et af renæssancens største digterværker og blev den første moderne bestseller på et folkesprog med 100.000 eksemplarer trykt inden 1580 i Italien alene, og med oversættelser til fransk[...]
Beskrivelse udarbejdet af Dansk Bibliotekscenter: ""Om riddere og damer synger jeg,/om elskov, våben, høviskhed og vrede,/"" lyder indledningen til nyoversættelsen af 1. sang af Orlando Furioso, et af den italienske højrenæssances hovedværker[...]