An edition of Magic in Boiardo and Ariosto (2000)
Magic in Boiardo and Ariosto
By Julia Kisacky
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Publish Date
2000
Publisher
Peter Lang
Language
eng
Pages
189
Description:
"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."--BOOK JACKET.