Magic in Boiardo and Ariosto
By: Julia M. Kisacky.
Series: Studies in Italian culture--Literature in history ;; vol. 25
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Boiardo, Matteo Maria, 1440- or 41-1494; Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533; Magic in literature; Roland (Legendary character) -- Romances -- History and criticism; Romances, Italian -- History and criticism
Description: "This study uses a thematic and structural approach to examine the various functions performed by magic in two important Renaissance epics, Boiardo's Orlando innamorato and Ariosto's Orlando furioso. It breaks new ground by exploring the association of magic with the chaotic and irrational, as contrasted more or less strongly with order and reason. It also examines the poets' use of magic as a vehicle in the Renaissance dialectic between fortune and self-determination."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-182) and index.