Magic in Boiardo and Ariosto
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Italian Culture
ISBN-10
0820442526
ISBN-13
9780820442525
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 20th, 2000
Print length
189 Pages
Weight
394 grams
Dimensions
16.10 x 23.70 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: general
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The topos of magic has fascinated people from antiquity to the present day. 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.
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