Talk:Orlando Furioso

message: :The work was written in Ferrarese, the dialect used in Ferrara; it was translated into literary Tuscan to be better readable in the rest of Italy.
This sentence is correct for Boiardo, not for Ariosto, as any average manual of Italian Literature can witness. - εΔω 08:03, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ariosto is not Boiardo 

message: I'm moving this to the talk page because it's unsourced and not entirely clear to a non-specialist reader what it means (I think I know what it's getting at but not everyone will...):
"A work of its time, Orlando shows more clearly the so-called 'culture of contradiction' which also characterized some contemporary works by Erasmus and Rabelais." --Folantin 13:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Changes

message: Do you think it's worth mentioning how certain names vary depending on which work you look at? My Italian isn't strong enough to even consider reading Orlando in the original, but I have both the Waldman and Reynolds translations, and certain names vary in spelling among them (e.g. Asfolfo, Astolpho). If you consider other works that retell some of the plot elements, like Bulfinch's Mythology , the spellings vary even more (Ruggiero, Rogero). Just a thought. --Kyoko 16:58, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've given the names in the original Italian. I think the variants like Astolph and Rogero appear in the older English translations (they probably go back to Harington). I've noticed that some of the main characters have their own articles (and a handful of others, e.g. Rodomonte, could do with their own pages too). Maybe it's best to link them and note the variants there. Alternatively, we can make a note of it in the section on "Translations" (which needs expanding). Cheers. --Folantin 17:36, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  worth mentioning name variants 

message: Hello, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to list all of the characters who have articles in the "See also" section. I'm unsure because while it would make it convenient to have major characters listed in one spot, it could potentially become unwieldy if many more characters are added. There are many characters in this work, some more prominent than others, but even the number of major characters can get pretty long when you think about it.
It might also be nice to provide links to related literature like Orlando innamorato and The Song of Roland. --Kyoko 14:08, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure. I've just written articles on Rodomonte and Ruggiero. I'm not planning to create many more because there are hundreds of characters, as you know. Some of the other main ones probably deserve articles of their own though, e.g. Marfisa, Ferraù, Brunello and Sacripante. Putting a few of the other Roland epics in "See also" would be a good idea too - I've just created an article on Pulci's Morgante which might be included here. --Folantin 14:18, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I approve of listing all the ones significiant enough to get their own articles.  Note that if the list starts to get unwieldy, it could be put in two or three columns to tighten it up.  Goldfritha 00:12, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've just created an article for Brunello and Marfisa and Sacripante. --Folantin 14:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "See also" and characters 

message: I added a reference and expanded a bit on the Five Cantos.Stammer 17:47, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I observe that this link also
uses Cinque Canti with two Cs. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:16, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

text: It says "which he decided not to include in the final edition". --Folantin (talk) 16:06, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cinque Canti

message: Hello, when I supplied the ISBNs for the Reynolds translation, I was referring to the older Penguin printing. Penguin has since reprinted the first volume, as far as I can tell, but I have been unable to verify that the second volume was also reprinted. You would think that it would be. Anyway, the new edition (with the black cover) has a different ISBN than the old one. Should both ISBNs be listed, or only the older ones? --Kyoko 13:06, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: One ISBN; all books have the same problem; add that there is also a reprint. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:13, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ISBNs and reprints 

message: dead link to the English translation of the text 216.15.124.242 (talk) 17:42, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: fixed, of sorts. Thank you! ---Sluzzelin talk 17:50, 14 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead link 

message: I'm sorry I have to put another section in here, but the fact is people keep modifying the first line with the italian pronunciation, so I would ask everyone to please refrain from inserting (again) the wrong pronunciation of the name ending in /-o:zo/ ì, which is regional and non-standard.
In standard Italian, all esses have to be pronounced /s/ and not /z/, though the use of the latter sound is, unfortunately, a common and deeply rooted mistake in some regions.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Radrac (talk • contribs) 00:22, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I removed the boldface from the two translated titles in the intro, per WP guideline: "Only the first occurrence of the title and significant alternative titles (which should usually also redirect to the article) are placed in bold".  In my experience this work is almost never referred to by an Englished title; thus the translations are not "significant".  I think the Italian non-capitalized title also should not be in boldface, as it is simply a bit of information about Italian usage, but I left it in bold for the time being.  Zaslav (talk) 04:55, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boldface in intro