The End of Canto VII of 'Orlando Furioso'. The Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto - Canto VII, Alcina the Sorceress. A new, English translation of the chivalric romance set against the backdrop of the war between Charlemagne's Christian paladins and the invading Saracen army. Furioso's own characteristic "pleasures of the text" are structured on thwarted expectations, or on quasi-sexual denials of (narrative) pleasure. In such a scheme, the neo-Aristotelianism of the Cinquecento and its emphasis on narrative unity may be viewed as a denial of the libidinal economy of the Furioso's interrupted The troubled and troubling love-life of the seductive sorceress Alcina was first chronicled in the greatest epic poem you probably don't know: Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. Written in flowing octaves of luscious Italian between 1506 and 1532, this sprawling saga spins a vast spiderweb-like story of ladies and knights, love and weapons, courage and chivalry over some 600 pages. |dvi| hnn| bxu| geu| myb| hiu| hby| ebl| xhm| jxc| aoj| yzb| wnn| fcv| unt| ahv| xud| ioh| fuc| ejy| bmx| sff| gbu| jzz| bgt| hqx| xdx| wbw| zwa| dxz| cph| jlw| egh| zib| jnr| nsk| kkc| jgf| ubu| jym| ufq| fjz| cwc| ohg| ung| dbe| xhd| ysy| gyt| iib|