Ludovico Ariosto
Italian Renaissance poet whose Orlando Furioso is the definitive Renaissance chivalric epic, full of irony, beauty, and inexhaustible narrative energy. It influenced Spenser and Milton.
Works
- Orlando FuriosoEpic fantasy following knights and sorcery across magical realms with romantic subplots
- SatireSatirical verses mocking social vices and human follies with wit and irony
- CassariaComic play depicting young lovers outsmarting elders through clever deceptions
- SuppositiComic play about mistaken identities among twins separated in childhood
- Lyric Poems