Welcome to the first video of a series dedicated to the Italian epic poem "ORLANDO FURIOSO", by Ludovico Ariosto.

Find the full Playlist here: [ Ссылка ]

As a rule of thumb, each video will cover two cantos.

I will try to upload a couple of videos per week, maybe three (max).

00:00 Poem's importance and diffusion
3:34 Structure and content
8:24 Ludovico Ariosto
11:37 English Translations
17:00 "Ariosto and the Arabs". by Jorge Luis Borges

Steve Donoghue’s article: [ Ссылка ]

"Orlando Furioso", translated by Barbara Reynolds: [ Ссылка ]

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