ORLANDO FURIOSO

Specialty Definition: ORLANDO FURIOSO

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Literature	Orlando Furioso An epic poem in forty-six cantos, by Ariosto (digested by Hoole into twenty-four books, but retained by Rose in the original form). The subject is the siege of Paris by Agramant the Moor, when the Saracens were overthrown. In the pagan army were two heroes- Rodomont, called the Mars of Africa, and Rogero. The latter became a Christian convert. The poem ends with a combat between these two, and the overthrow of Rodomont. The anachronisms of this poem are most marvellous. We have Charlemagne and his paladins joined by King Edward of England, Richard Earl of Warwick, Henry Duke of Clarence, and the Dukes of York and Gloucester (bk. vi.). We have cannons employed by Cymosco, King of Friza (bk. iv.), and also in the siege of Paris (bk. vi.). We have the Moors established in Spain, whereas they were not invited over by the Saracens for nearly 300 years after Charlemagne's death. In book xvii. we have Prester John, who died 1202; in the last three Constantine the Great, who died 337. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Orlando Furioso

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Orlando Furioso is a long poem written by Ludovico Ariosto in 1516.

It was a "gionta", a continuation of Orlando Innamorato, by Matteo Maria Boiardo, but it remains quite distant from the other work, of which it does not preserve the humanistic concepts of knight errantry. Entering the Cinquecento, the 16th century, it contains instead only an appearance of those themes, at an only superficial level. Of its time, the Orlando shows more clearly the so-called "culture of the contradiction", which was also in Erasmus and in Rabelais.

Hegel would have later considered that the many allegories and metaphors contained, are intended to demonstrate the fallacy of human senses and judgement, rather than simply to put aside the myth of chivalry.

The work was written in Ferrarese, the dialect used in Ferrara, then it was translated into literarian Tuscan to be better readable in the rest of Italy. It was the first novel to be written with attention to a possible wide distribution by means of Johann Gutenberg's brand-new invention, the printing press.

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Crosswords: ORLANDO FURIOSO

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Modern Usage: ORLANDO FURIOSO

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Movie/TV Titles	Orlando Furioso (1972)
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Commercial Usage: ORLANDO FURIOSO

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Books	Proclaiming a Classic: The Canonization of Orlando Furioso (reference) Frier Bacon and Frier Bongay, The Historie of Orlando Furioso, The Scottish Historie of James the Fourth, The Comicall Historie of Alphonsus, King of Arragon 1594-1599 (The Life and Complete Works of Robert Greene, M.A. - Volume 13) (reference) Ariosto and Boiardo: The Origins of Orlando Furioso (reference) Figures in Ariosto's Tapestry: Character and Design in the Orlando Furioso (reference) Orlando Furioso (Oxford World's Classics) (reference) (more book examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ORLANDO FURIOSO

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

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orlando furioso	13
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Anagrams: ORLANDO FURIOSO

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	Words within the letters "a-d-f-i-l-n-o-o-o-o-r-r-s-u"
	-5 letters: doornails.
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