Ludovico Ariosto
![Ariosto, detail of votive painting ''Madonna with Saints Joseph, John, Catherine, Louis of Toulouse and Lodovico Ariosto'' by [[Vincenzo Catena]], 1512](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Vincenzo_Catena_016_detail.jpg)
Ludovico Ariosto (; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic ''Orlando Furioso'' (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's ''Orlando Innamorato'', describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. The poem is transformed into a satire of the chivalric tradition. Ariosto composed the poem in the ottava rima rhyme scheme and introduced narrative commentary throughout the work.Ariosto also coined the term "humanism" (in Italian, ''umanesimo'') for choosing to focus upon the strengths and potential of humanity, rather than only upon its role as subordinate to God. This led to Renaissance humanism. Provided by Wikipedia
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Orlando furioso ; selections from the translation of Sir John Harington
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1963Format: Book
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La cassaria : commedia.
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1808Format: Book
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Orlando furioso = The frenzy of Orlando : a romantic epic
Harmondsworth ; Baltimore : Penguin, 1975Format: Book
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Il nogromante : commedia.
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1808Format: Book
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"My muse will have a story to paint" : selected prose of Ludovico Ariosto
Toronto ; Buffalo, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, 2010Format: Book
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Comedie, cioè i Suppositi, la Cassaria, la Lena, el Negromante, & la Scolastica
Vinegia : G. Giolito, 1562Format: Book
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Orlando furioso : secondo l'editio princeps del 1516
Torino : Giulio Einaudi editore, 2016Format: Book
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