 | The Quest for Epic: From Ariosto to Tasso Subjects: Ariosto Ludovico 1474–1533. Orlando Furioso; Tasso Torquato 1544–1595. Gerusalemme liberata; Ariosto Ludovico 1474–1533 -- Criticism and interpretation; Tasso Torquato 1544–1595 -- Criticism and interpretation; Italian poetry -- 16th century -- Hi; An original and challenging work, The Quest for Epic documents 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. Zatti Sergio : Sergio Zatti is a professor in the Department of Italian Literature at the University of Pisa.Looney Dennis : Dennis Looney is an associate professor in the Department of French and Italian and Assistant Dean of Humanities at the University of Pittsburgh. |
