{"product_id":"saracens-and-their-world-in-boiardo-and-ariosto-paperback-1","title":"Saracens and their World in Boiardo and Ariosto - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Pavlova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA ubiquitous presence in European chivalric literature, the multifaceted figure of the Saracen Other plays a vital role in shaping the knightly values and ideologies underpinning some of the most influential narrative poems of the Italian Renaissance. By combining historical research and close reading and bringing to bear a wealth of literary and documentary sources, some of which have never before been published, this book analyses portrayals of Saracens and their world in Boiardo's \u003cem\u003eInamoramento de Orlando\u003c\/em\u003e and Ariosto's \u003cem\u003eOrlando furioso\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePavlova assesses for the first time the degree of realism in Boiardo's and Ariosto's representations of Islam and Islamic culture(s) and discusses the ideological implications of the two poets' innovative treatment of their Saracen characters. She locates these and other fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century chivalric works within the rich, vibrant history of interactions between Italian rulers and their Islamic counterparts as well as within the centuries-long literary tradition, going back to such archetypal texts as the \u003cem\u003eChanson de Roland\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eChanson d'Aspremont\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Pavlova is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Warwick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703194644787,"sku":"9781781883501","price":35.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YkpFZTRHVzNmbnFBQlFHSDlDQXpGUT09_a94e68db-75ed-4d72-9572-4e40e58850bb.webp?v=1763319650","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/saracens-and-their-world-in-boiardo-and-ariosto-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}