Title: The Quest for Epic
First published: July 8, 2006
Description: "Translated here for the first time into English, Sergio Zatti's The Quest for Epic is a selection of studies on the two major poets of the Italian Renaissance, Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso, by one of the most important literary critics writing in Italy today. An original and challenging work, The Quest for Epic documents the development of Italian narrative from the chivalric romance at the end of the fifteenth century to the epic literature of the sixteenth century."--Jacket.
Subjects: Italian poetry, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Italian literature, history and criticism, Critique et interprétation, Poésie italienne, Histoire et critique