Magic in Boiardo and AriostoPeter Lang, 2000 - 189 من الصفحات 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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adventure Alcina allegorical amor Angelica Ann Cavallo Annali d'italianistica anti-magical Aquilante Argalia Aridano armor Astolfo Atlante Atlante's avea Balisarda battle beauty Boiardan Boiardo in America Bradamante Bradamante's Brandimarte Brunello Caligorante Canto capture Cavallo and Charles chaotic characters Charles Ross chivalric Christian critica defeat Delcorno Branca demons desire destrier Dragontina's duel Durindana enchanted Epic episode Falerina's Falerina's garden Ferrara Fiordelisa Firenze Forum Italicum Giamatti giant Gradasso Grifone harquebus hermit hippogriff horn horse human Ippolito d'Este Italian Italica knightly L'Orlando ladies letteratura Logistilla's Ludovico Ariosto magic lance magic ring magic weapons magical artifacts Malagigi Malagise Malagise's Marfisa marvelous Matteo Maria Boiardo Melissa Merlin's fountain Morgana's Naiads narrator octave ogni Orlando furioso Orlando innamorato Orrilo pagan palace of illusions paladin plot poem poet poet's prisoners Quint Rabicano reader Renaissance Rinaldo ring's Ruggiero sea monster shield sorcerer spell book steed steel palace supernatural sword traditional victory virtù