Ariosto, the Orlando Furioso, and English culture

The volume assesses the changing impact on English culture over 500 years of Ariosto's poem, the 'Orlando Furioso', first published in Italy in 1516, and subsequently in an expanded version in 1532. Individual chapters address the recurring presence of Ariosto's poem in English l...

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Corporate Author: British Academy
Other Authors: Everson, J. E. (Editor), Hiscock, Andrew (Editor), Jossa, Stefano (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press 2019, 2019
Edition:First edition
Series:Proceedings of the British Academy / Proceedings of the British Academy
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a The volume assesses the changing impact on English culture over 500 years of Ariosto's poem, the 'Orlando Furioso', first published in Italy in 1516, and subsequently in an expanded version in 1532. Individual chapters address the recurring presence of Ariosto's poem in English literature, but also the multimedial nature of the transmission of the Furioso into English culture: through the visual arts, theatre, music and spectacle to video games and the internet, as well as through often heated critical debates