ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Ludovico Ariosto, (born September 8, 1474, Reggio Emilia, duchy of Modena [Italy]-died July 6, 1533, Ferrara), Italian poet remembered for his epic poem Orlando furioso (1516), which is generally regarded as the finest expression of the literary tendencies and spiritual attitudes of the Italian Renaissance.

Detailed explanation-2: -Orlando furioso (Italian pronunciation: [orˈlando fuˈrjoːzo, -so]; The Frenzy of Orlando) is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was not published in its complete form until 1532.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Story Of ‘Orlando Furioso’ Vivaldi based his opera on an epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto, written early in the 1500s. Operatic versions of the story began appearing about a hundred years later.

Detailed explanation-4: -This is the first full English translation of Ludovico Ariosto’s vast epic poem, Orlando Furioso, a source for Much Ado About Nothing. The Italian poem, first printed in 1532, recounts the adventures of a knight named Orlando and a beautiful woman, Angelica.

Detailed explanation-5: -There have been several verse translations of Orlando Furioso into English. William Stewart Rose produced an eight volume translation beginning publication in 1823 and ending in 1831.