Orlando furioso (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Ludovico Ariosto
- First Published: 1516
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Romance
- Time of Work: Eighth century
- Genres: Poetry, Romance, medieval, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Folkloric or magical people, France or French people, Love or romance, Europe or Europeans, Islam, War, Kings, queens, or royalty, Heroes or heroism, Monsters, Spain or Spanish people, Battles, Knights or knighthood, Chivalry, Eighth century
- Locales: Africa, Spain, Paris, France, Italy
Places Discussed
*Paris. Charlemagne’s capital in France. The visit of Angelica, daughter of the emperor of Cathay, signifies the city’s importance on the world stage, which is further emphasized when it is besieged and assailed by Islamic invaders—variously described as Moors and Saracens—under the command of Agramant. The attackers are eventually driven back, but they continue to mount an inconvenient blockade on Paris until Astolpho’s borrowed Nubian army mounts an assault on Agramant’s homeland. (The sequence of these events has no real historical basis.)
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See Also:
Ludovico Ariosto (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Ludovico Ariosto (Drama)Ludovico Ariosto (Poetry)Ludovico Ariosto (Dictionary of World Biography)
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