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Magic in Boiardo and Ariosto

By Julia M. Kisacky

Book information

Publisher
Peter Lang Inc.
Year
1999
ISBN
0820442526, 9780820442525
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
912 kB (934311 bytes)
Series
Studies in Italian Culture
Pages
189\189
Time added
2016-10-24 10:24:47
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Description

The topos of magic has fascinated people from antiquity to the present day. This study uses a thematic and structural approach to examine the various functions performed by magic in two important Renaissance epics, Boiardo’s Orlando innamorato and Ariosto’s Orlando furioso. It breaks new ground by exploring the association of magic with the chaotic and irrational, as contrasted more or less strongly with order and reason. It also examines the poets’ use of magic as a vehicle in the Renaissance dialectic between fortune and self-determination.

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