02090cam a2200301 4500 2780543911 TxAuBib 20260613120000.0 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781620113059 1620113058 B0082Z5PW8 Amazon 235f56e1-ab61-420b-9d58-190ef9c279bd OverDrive (Reserve ID) 784744 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Lodovico Ariosto. Orlando Furioso [READS eBook] : The Frenzy of Orlando. Duke Classics. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><i>Orlando Furioso</i> ("The Frenzy of Orlando", more literally "Mad Orlando") is an Italian romantic epic by Ludovico Ariosto, published in its complete form in 1532 and exerting a wide influence on later culture. It is a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's unfinished romance Orlando Innamorato ("Orlando in Love"). From the backdrop of war between Charlemagne and his Christian paladins, and the Saracen army attempting to invade Europe, the poem wanders at will from Japan to the Hebrides, and includes many fantastical elements, such as a trip to the moon and an array of fantastical creatures including a gigantic sea monster and the hippogriff. Many themes are interwoven in its complicated, episodic structure, the most important being the paladin Orlando's unrequited love for the pagan princess Angelica, which develops into the madness of the title. At 38,736 lines, Ariosto's work is one of the longest poems in European literature.</p>. Fiction. Poetry. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-06-12 20:00:02. William Stewart Rose. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=235F56E1-AB61-420B-9D58-190EF9C279BD&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=235F56E1-AB61-420B-9D58-190EF9C279BD&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)