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Book SynopsisThe Orlando Furioso remains a masterpiece of Italian literature and stands as a key contribution to European Renaissance culture as a whole. This collection brings together cutting-edge research by international scholars and examines why Ariosto's magnum opus continues to excite cultural interest even today.
Trade Review...outstanding essays, well argued, precisely focused, and fully in control of their materials * Warren Chernaik, University of London, Modern Language Review *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors 1: Jane E. Everson, Andrew Hiscock, & Stefano Jossa: Introduction Part I: Before Reading - The Image 2: Lina Bolzoni: The Visualization of Orlando Furioso: From the Original Editions to Modern Video Art 3: Luca degl'Innocenti: Reading the Poem 'in the Very Picture'. New Evidence on Harington's Original Sin 4: Eleonora Stoppino: Ariosto's Seascapes: the British Isles and the Orlando Furioso Part II: From the Elizabethans to the Enlightenment 5: Andrew Hiscock: 'englishing th'Italian Ariost': Orlando Furioso among the Elizabethans. Adaptation and Audience 6: Tobias Gregory: Milton and Ariosto 7: Ita Mac Carthy: Fiordispina's English Afterlives: from Harington to Ali Smith Part III: Gothic and Romantic Ariosto 8: Jane E.Everson: Ariosto in England in the Eighteenth Century: From Antipathy and Ambivalence to Enthusiasm 9: Tim Carter: Lessons in Madness: Orlando Furioso on the 18th-Century Operatic Stage (with Special Reference to Handel) 10: Susan Oliver: Walter Scott and Ariosto's Orlando Furioso 11: Maureen McCue: Authorising Ariosto: The Construction of Ariosto in Early Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals Part IV: Text and Translation in the Modern Era 12: Marco Dorigatti: Antonio Panizzi, Textual Editor of Ariosto 13: Martin McLaughlin: The Furioso in Translation: 'Lascivious' Ariosto in Two Modern English Versions 14: Nicola Gardini: Orlando Furioso, Writing and the Construction of Meaning 15: Stefano Jossa: Entertainment and Irony: Orlando Furioso from Modern to Postmodern Bibliography
