Ariosto the lunar traveller.(Critical essay): An article from: The Modern Language Review

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From the author: This second part of a two-part essay on the theme of travel in the Orlando furioso reads Astolfo's journey to the moon as a means of gaining a critical perspective on the sixteenth-century court and an allegorical reflection on the role and value of literature therein. Emphasizing the links between the episode and Menippean satire, it shows how Ariosto experiments with different narrative modes to yield original visions of the changing and infinitely complex world, to comment on the profession of writing, and to celebrate the power of poetry to be at once entertaining and instructive.

Citation Details
Title: Ariosto the lunar traveller.(Critical essay)
Author: Ita MacCarthy
Publication:The Modern Language Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2009
Publisher: Modern Humanities Research Association
Volume: 104 Issue: 1 Page: 71(13)

Article Type: Critical essay

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