Marfisa in Love: The Evolution of Marfisa in the Italian Epic Tradition
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023), Individual Articles
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2023)

Marfisa in Love: The Evolution of Marfisa in the Italian Epic Tradition

Individual Articles
https://doi.org/10.54103/2724-3346/20499
Published 2023-06-30
Angelo Chiarelli
University of Calabria image/svg+xml
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5659-6937
Liebig picture n. 5, Bradamante wins Rodomonte (canto XXXV)
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Keywords

Epic poetry
Renaissance
Marfisa
Danese Cataneo
Pietro Aretino
Ludovico Ariosto

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Chiarelli, A. (2023). Marfisa in Love: The Evolution of Marfisa in the Italian Epic Tradition. AOQU (Achilles Orlando Quixote Ulysses). Journal on Epic, 4(1), 223–249. https://doi.org/10.54103/2724-3346/20499
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Abstract

The essay analyses the evolution of Marfisa in some poems that appeared between the third version of Orlando Furioso and the second half of the 16th century. After reviewing Dragoncino da Fano’s Marfisa Bizarra, the essay will focus especially on some poems in which the Marfisa’s love story overlaps with the continuation of the story of Ullania and the three kings narrated in the Orlando Furioso. Finally, the essay will analyse the psychological insight of the character proposed in Cataneo’s Marfisa.

https://doi.org/10.54103/2724-3346/20499
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