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Book SynopsisA study of intertextuality, gender, and dynastic politics in Ariosto’s Orlando furioso and in medieval and Renaissance chivalric epic.
Trade ReviewThis impressive study of the 'Furioso' as illuminated by its little-known medieval sources is thorough and well argued. It forms an important contribution to scholarship on early modern narrative, and will doubtless interest scholars of gender studies as well. * —Renaissance Quarterly *
“A groundbreaking study of Ariosto’s medieval sources that benefits from a vision that brings together gender
criticism and source criticism in heretofore unseen ways.”
---—Dennis Looney, University of PittsburghExamines the figure of Bradamante in the chivalric tradition and in Ariosto's Renaissance-era epic. * —The Chronicle Review *
“Establishing contrasts and parallels with little-known works of the vernacular narrative romance tradition, Stoppino displays impressive erudition and performs a service for the critical
discussion on Ariosto’s poem and on early modern narrative.”
---—Ronald Martinez, Brown University
