Stories From The Italian Poets
Subtitle: With Lives Of The Writers
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Published: July 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781414289533
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography; Biography: general; Literature: History & Criticism; Literary; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: While Pulci in Florence was elevating romance out of the street-ballads, and laying the foundation of the chivalrous epic, a poet appeared in Lombardy (whether inspired by his example is uncertain) who was destined to carry it to a graver though still cheerful height, and prepare the way for the crowning glories of Ariosto.