@article{844725,
      author = {Ariosto, Lodovico, and Looney, Dennis, and Possanza, D.  Mark,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/844725},
      title = {Latin poetry /},
      abstract = {"Arguably the most important Italian poet of the  Renaissance and perhaps the most important European writer  before Shakespeare, Ariosto's fame deservedly rests on his  narrative poem, Orlando Furioso. In it Charlemagne's war  against the Saracens serves as a backdrop to explore  typical Renaissance themes such as love, madness, and  fidelity, with an elaborate subplot that dramatizes how  these themes affect the dynastic fortunes of Ariosto's  patrons in the House of Este. The poem was published in  over one hundred editions by 1600, so great was its  popularity. The additional works that Ariosto composed have  inevitably come to be viewed as minor in comparison to the  magnitude and renown of his big poem. They include 214  letters, five plays, seven satires in verse, and dozens of  lyric poems in Italian and Latin."--},
      recid = {844725},
      pages = {xxvii, 258 pages ;},
}