"My muse will have a story to paint" : selected prose of Ludovico Ariosto / / Lodovico Ariosto ; translated with an introduction by Dennis Looney
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Ariosto Lodovico <1474-1533, >
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| Titolo: |
"My muse will have a story to paint" : selected prose of Ludovico Ariosto / / Lodovico Ariosto ; translated with an introduction by Dennis Looney
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010 |
| ©2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 851/.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | HISTORY / Renaissance |
| Persona (resp. second.): | LooneyDennis |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction. Ariosto's prose ; An extraordinary letter -- Letters -- Herbal doctor. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Ludovico Ariosto, best known for his 1516 epic poem Orlando furioso, was one of the great writers of the Italian Renaissance. In this collection, Dennis Looney assembles a diverse compendium of Ariosto's prose, including his 214 Letters and a satirical piece, Herbal Doctor. |
| Ariosto's correspondence paints a detailed portrait of the world he lived and wrote in. While some letters illuminate his day-to-day life, including his work as a provincial commissioner for the ruling Este family of Ferrara, others shed light on the composition and production of his poems and plays, allowing a glimpse of the man in his creative workshop. Herbal Doctor, a parody of humanism in general and neoplatonic philosophy in particular, may mark a defense of Ariosto's decision to turn away from the philological world of his contemporaries in order to pursue a different kind of learning. | |
| Looney's elegant, careful translation provides us with the first extensive selection of Ariosto's prose works in English, and enriches our understanding of one of Italy's most important Renaissance writers."--Pub. desc. | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | "My muse will have a story to paint" |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-8618-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820041503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library series.