Renaissance in Italy, Volume 5 (of 7)
Italian Literature, Part 2
John Addington Symonds published Renaissance in Italy in seven volumes between 1875 and 1886, and this fifth volume completes his account of Italian literature in the sixteenth century. It opens with a long study of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, then turns to the writers of novelle, the drama, pastoral and didactic poetry, the purists who fought over the literary language, burlesque poetry and satire, Pietro Aretino and his career of flattery and blackmail, and finally the historians and philosophers, before a conclusion on the legacy of the Renaissance. Symonds writes with wide reading, strong opinions and a vivid sense of the age, and his volumes long shaped English views of the period. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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