Contents

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