`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.
| ISBN: | 9780199540389 |
| Publication date: | 12th June 2008 |
| Author: | Lodovico Ariosto |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 630 pages |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Literary studies: poetry and poets Classic fiction: general and literary |