{"product_id":"renaissance-transactions-9780822322955","title":"Renaissance Transactions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe controversy generated in Italy by the writings of Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso during the sixteenth century was the a historically important debate on what constitutes modern literature. This book re-examines these two poet-thinkers, the debate they inspired, and the reasons why that debate remains relevant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Most of the leading and well-known scholars of the Italian Renaissance are represented here with their sundry and complementary viewpoints. . . . The presence of so many different critical voices conveys a sense of this volume as a \u003ci\u003esumma\u003c\/i\u003e of current Renaissance criticism.”—Giuseppe Mazzotta, Yale University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Ariosto, Tasso, and Storytelling \/ Valeria Finucci \u003cbr\u003e I. Crossing Genres \u003cbr\u003e Two Odysseys: Rinaldo's Po Journey and the Poet's Homecoming in \u003ci\u003eOrlando furioso\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Ronald L. Martinez \u003cbr\u003e The Grafting of Virgilian Epic in \u003ci\u003eOrlando furioso\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Daniel Javitch \u003cbr\u003e Tasso's Armida and the Victory of Romance \/ Jo Ann Cavallo \u003cbr\u003e II. The Politics of Dissimulation \u003cbr\u003e Epic in the Age of Dissimulation: Tasso's \u003ci\u003eGerusalemme liberata \u003c\/i\u003e\/ Sergio Zatti \u003cbr\u003e Trickster, \u003ci\u003eTextor\u003c\/i\u003e, Architect, Thief: Craft and Comedy in \u003ci\u003eGerusalemme liberata\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Walter Stephens \u003cbr\u003e \"Un cosi valoroso cavalliero\": Knightly Honor and Artistic Representation in \u003ci\u003eOrlando furioso\u003c\/i\u003e, Canto 26 \/ Katherine Hoffman \u003cbr\u003e III. Acting Out Fantasies \u003cbr\u003e The Masquerade of Masculinity: Astolfo and Jocondo in \u003ci\u003eOrlando furioso\u003c\/i\u003e, Canto 28 \/ Valeria Finucci \u003cbr\u003e Romance as Role Model: Early Female Performances of \u003ci\u003eOrlando furioso\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGerusalemme liberata\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Eric Nicholson \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eDal rogo alle nozze\u003c\/i\u003e\": Tasso's Sofronia as Martyr Manque \/ Naomi Yavneh \u003cbr\u003e Writing beyond the \u003ci\u003eQuerelle\u003c\/i\u003e: Gender and History in \u003ci\u003eOrlando furioso\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Constance Jordan \u003cbr\u003e Index \u003cbr\u003e Contributors","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406022680919,"sku":"9780822322955","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822322955.jpg?v=1730494275","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/renaissance-transactions-9780822322955","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}