Ariost's Rasender Roland, Vol. 3

by Ludovico Ariosto

Excerpt from Ariost's Rasender Roland

Sim Shore hemmt' er nicht bee Sioffeà @chritte, Slian lieà ihn reiten, wie e6 ihm gefiel, wohl am @raben nnb am @atter @charen Siot unb Sà ewaffneter berfammelt waren.

Genres: Poetry

414 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1532

About the author

Known Italian writer Ludovico Ariosto, or Lodovico Ariosto first published Orlando Furioso his primary epic comic poem, in 1516.

He best authored the romance. This continuation of Orlando Innamorato of Matteo Maria Boiardo describes the adventures of Charlemagne and the Franks, who battle against the Saracens, with diversions into many side plots. Ariosto composed in the ottava rima scheme and introduced narrator commentary throughout the work.

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Reviews

[Ike Sharpless · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fabulous, multilayered text. I can only begin to appreciate Ariosto's masterpiece, approaching it as I did through the lens of a third language (Italian). An understanding of Ariosto's patronage situation -- and of Dante and the Bible, at the very least -- are essential to read between the lines of this retelling of the song of Roland. Ariosto's genius, in my view, is that a proper gleaning of the text can yield meanings diametrically opposed to the literal meaning of the words. Looking in the meter, the rhyme, the context, etc., yields wonders. A literary nerd's dream, admittedly.