Her chaotic romance with the Saracen knight Ruggiero is a major element of the plot. It is above all in the development of Orlando’s love story that Ariosto announces his unique contribution to the narration of the allegory. The only unabridged prose translation of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso-a witty parody of the chivalric legends of Charlemagne and the Saracen invasion of France-this version faithfully recaptures the entire narrative and the subtle meanings behind it. a female Christian knight in Orlando furioso (1516) by Ludovico Ariosto. The poem’s opening verses announce the major plot lines to be continued: the war between King Agramante of Biserta and Charlemagne (epic), Orlando’s infatuation with Angelica of Cathay (romance), and the foundation of the Estense family through the hero Ruggiero (dynastic). As he continues to mix imaginary sites and the geographical reality of a rapidly expanding globe, Ariosto not only meticulously completes the various threads of Boiardo’s poem, but also adds original episodes following his own creative genius and Weltanschauung. Like Boiardo, Ariosto weaves together Carolingian and Arthurian themes into an intricately interlaced plot, creatively imitating a vast range of works-from classical epic poetry and history to medieval lyric and novella traditions. One of the best known works in Italian literature, the Orlando Furioso, is a continuation of the romance epic Orlando Innamorato, which was left unfinished at the ninth canto of Book Three when Boiardo died in 1494. 2014 Articles Ludovico Ariosto: Orlando Furioso (1532)
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