Zatti, Sergio. <br/><br/>
The Quest for Epic :  From Ariosto to Tasso. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (324 pages) 
 - Toronto Italian Studies .
 - Toronto Italian Studies .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Furioso between Epos and Romance -- 2 The Quest: Considerations on the Form of the Furioso -- 3 Turpin's Role: Poetry and Truth in the Furioso -- 4 Tasso versus Ariosto? -- 5 The Shattering of the Chivalric World: Ariosto's Cinque canti -- 6 Christian Uniformity, Pagan Multiplicity -- 7 Errancy, Infirmity, and Conquest: Figures of Conflict -- 8 Torquato Tasso: Epic in the Age of Dissimulation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. 
<br/><br/> An original and challenging work, The Quest for Epicdocuments the development of Italian narrative from the chivalric romance at the end of the fifteenth century to the genre of epic in the sixteenth century. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442682160 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ariosto, Lodovico,-1474-1533.-Orlando furioso.<br/>Tasso, Torquato,-1544-1595-Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Ariosto, Lodovico,-1474-1533-Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Tasso, Torquato,-1544-1595.-Gerusalemme liberata.<br/>Italian poetry-16th century-History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ4103 .Z37 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>851/.409353