Ludovico Ariosto
Who is Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto (Italian: [ludoˈviːko aˈrjɔsto, - ariˈɔsto]; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. The poem is transformed into a satire of the chivalric tradition. Ariosto composed the poem in the ottava rima rhyme scheme and introduced narrative commentary throughout the work.
Ariosto also coined the term "humanism" (in Italian, umanesimo) for choosing to focus upon the strengths and potential of humanity, rather than only upon its role as subordinate to God. This led to Renai...
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Ludovico Ariosto Poems
- Orlando Furioso Canto 3
ARGUMENT
Restored to sense, the beauteous Bradamant
Finds sage Melissa in the vaulted tomb,
And hears from her of many a famous plant
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- Orlando Furioso Canto 12
ARGUMENT
Orlando, full of rage, pursues a knight
Who bears by force his lady-love away,
And comes where old Atlantes, by his sleight
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- Orlando Furioso Canto 4
ARGUMENT
The old Atlantes suffers fatal wreck,
Foiled by the ring, and young Rogero freed,
Who soars in air till he appears a speck,
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- Orlando Furioso Canto 21
ARGUMENT
Zerbino for Gabrina, who a heart
Of asp appears to bear, contends. O'erthrown,
The Fleming falls upon the other part,
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- Orlando Furioso Canto 9
ARGUMENT
So far Orlando wends, he comes to where
He of old Proteus' hears the cruel use
But feels such pity for Olympia fair,
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- Swsmusic4w: "in feats of arms, as in the cultivation of the muses, the women of old achieved distinction, .....sappho and corina shine, on account of learning, ....women have proved their excellence in every art in which they have striven;....canto 20, ludovico ariosto's 'orlando furioso'.
- Shiplives: while that *would* make a badass series for netflix, bradamant's adventures were told (at least in part) in ludovico ariosto's "orlando furioso" -- which was the equivalent of a runaway best-seller in the sixteenth century.
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