Orlando furioso (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ludovico Ariosto
- First Published: 1516
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Romance
- Time of Work: Eighth century
- Setting: France, Spain, and Africa
- Principal Characters: Charlemagne, Orlando, Rinaldo, Bradamant, Rogero, Agramant, Angelica, Rodomont, Leo, Astolpho, Atlantes
- 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
The Story:
As Charlemagne and his paladins battled against the Saracens, the great press of their enemies scattered the Christians and drove them back toward Paris. Angelica, the damsel whose beauty and deceit had caused so much dissension among her lovers, Christian and Saracen alike, escaped during the confusion and fled into a nearby wood.
As she rode deeper into the forest, her desire being to reach the nearest seaport, from which she could take a ship to return to her own land of Cathay, she saw walking toward her Rinaldo of France, the lover whom she hated....
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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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