Home Literary Studies 8. Torquato Tasso: Epic in the Age of Dissimulation
Chapter
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

8. Torquato Tasso: Epic in the Age of Dissimulation

View more publications by University of Toronto Press
To Publisher Page
The Quest for Epic
This chapter is in the book The Quest for Epic
© 2016 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

© 2016 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. The Furioso between Epos and Romance 13
  6. 2. The Quest: Considerations on the Form of the Furioso 38
  7. 3. Turpin’s Role: Poetry and Truth in the Furioso 60
  8. 4. Tasso versus Ariosto? 95
  9. 5. The Shattering of the Chivalric World: Ariosto’s Cinque canti 114
  10. 6. Christian Uniformity, Pagan Multiplicity 135
  11. 7. Errancy, Infirmity, and Conquest: Figures of Conflict 160
  12. 8. Torquato Tasso: Epic in the Age of Dissimulation 195
  13. Notes 217
  14. Bibliography 293
  15. Index 307
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442682160-010

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. The Furioso between Epos and Romance 13
  6. 2. The Quest: Considerations on the Form of the Furioso 38
  7. 3. Turpin’s Role: Poetry and Truth in the Furioso 60
  8. 4. Tasso versus Ariosto? 95
  9. 5. The Shattering of the Chivalric World: Ariosto’s Cinque canti 114
  10. 6. Christian Uniformity, Pagan Multiplicity 135
  11. 7. Errancy, Infirmity, and Conquest: Figures of Conflict 160
  12. 8. Torquato Tasso: Epic in the Age of Dissimulation 195
  13. Notes 217
  14. Bibliography 293
  15. Index 307
Sign up now to receive a 20% welcome discount
Institutional Access
How does access work?
Have an idea on how to improve our website?
Please write us.
© 2025 De Gruyter Brill
Downloaded on 3.10.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.3138/9781442682160-010/html?lang=en
Scroll to top button