Orlando Furioso (Italian Texts) (3, Set) (Classics)

by Ludovico Ariosto

Guido Waldman (Translator)

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`I sing of knights and ladies, of love and arms, of courtly chivalry, of courageous deeds.' So begins Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1532), the culmination of the chivalric legends of Charlemagne and the Saracen invasion of France. It is a brilliantly witty parody of the medieval romances, and a fitting monument to the court society of the Italian Renaissance which gave them birth. This unabridged prose translation faithfully captures the narrative entire and is a kaleidoscope of scenes and emotions of fact and fantasy.
  • ISBN10 0192836773
  • ISBN13 9780192836779
  • Publish Date 11 February 1999 (first published 1 December 1954)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 30 May 2008
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Imprint Oxford Paperbacks
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 646
  • Language English