Orlando Furioso
Orlando Furioso is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto, first published in 1516.
The title means "The Frenzy of Orlando" or "Mad Roland," referring to the hero's descent into madness when he discovers his beloved Angelica has married another.
The poem continues the story of Orlando (the Italian name for the French knight Roland) and became one of the most influential works of Renaissance literature, blending chivalric romance with comedy, adventure, and satirical wit.
- knightHonored mounted soldier
- madnessMental derangement or folly
- epic poemExtended heroic narrative verse
- Italian RenaissanceCultural rebirth in Florence
- epicImpressively grand in scope
Ariosto · Renaissance · ottava rima · love · chivalry · knightly quest · moon · quest · Angelica · forest · heroism · allegory · opera · hippogriff · flying horse · magic · Italy · sword
- medieval knightsknight, knights, armor, sword, swords
- Italian LiteratureDante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Dante Alighieri
- poesía épicaBeowulf, Gilgamesh, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Dante
- chivalric romanceknights, quests, Lancelot, chivalry, Gawain
- epic poetryIliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Paradise Lost, Beowulf
- epicsIliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, epic poem, Beowulf
narrative approach to chivalric material
Orlando FuriosoDon Quixote
Delusional self-proclaimed knight-errant