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About This Book
Orlando Furioso ("e;The Frenzy of Orlando"e;, more literally "e;Mad Orlando"e;) is an Italian romantic epic by Ludovico Ariosto, published in its complete form in 1532 and exerting a wide influence on later culture. It is a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's unfinished romance Orlando Innamorato ("e;Orlando in Love"e;). From the backdrop of war between Charlemagne and his Christian paladins, and the Saracen army attempting to invade Europe, the poem wanders at will from Japan to the Hebrides, and includes many fantastical elements, such as a trip to the moon and an array of fantastical creatures including a gigantic sea monster and the hippogriff. Many themes are interwoven in its complicated, episodic structure, the most important being the paladin Orlando's unrequited love for the pagan princess Angelica, which develops into the madness of the title. At 38, 736 lines, Ariosto's work is one of the longest poems in European literature.
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Table of contents
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- Canto 1
- Canto 2
- Canto 3
- Canto 4
- Canto 5
- Canto 6
- Canto 7
- Canto 8
- Canto 9
- Canto 10
- Canto 11
- Canto 12
- Canto 13
- Canto 14
- Canto 15
- Canto 16
- Canto 17
- Canto 18
- Canto 19
- Canto 20
- Canto 21
- Canto 22
- Canto 23
- Canto 24
- Canto 25
- Canto 26
- Canto 27
- Canto 28
- Canto 29
- Canto 30
- Canto 31
- Canto 32
- Canto 33
- Canto 34
- Canto 35
- Canto 36
- Canto 37
- Canto 38
- Canto 39
- Canto 40
- Canto 41
- Canto 42
- Canto 43
- Canto 44
- Canto 45
- Canto 46