Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction. Ariosto, Tasso, and Storytelling 1
5. I. CROSSING GENRES
6. Two Odysseys: Rinaldo's Po Journey and the Poet's Homecoming in Orlando furioso 17
7. The Grafting of Virgilian Epic in Orlando fuioso 56
8. Tasso's Armida and the Victory of Romance 77
9. II. THE POLITICS OF DISSIMULATION
10. Epic in the Age of Dissimulation: Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata 115
11. Trickster, Textor, Architect, Thief: Craft and Comedy in Gerusalemme liberata 146
12. "Un COS! valoroso cavalliero": Knightly Honor and Artistic Representation in OrlandojUrioso, Canto 26 178
13. III. ACTING OUT FANTASIES
14. The Masquerade of Masculinity: Astolfo and Jocondo in Orlando furioso, Canto 28 215
15. Romance as Role Model: Early Female Performances of Orlando furioso and Gerusalemme liberata 246
16. "Dal rogo aile nozze": Tasso's Sofronia as Martyr Manque 270
17. Writing beyond the Querelle: Gender and History in Orlando furioso 295
18. Index 317
19. Contributors 327