Ariosto in a sentence

Ariosto and d'Este got into a heated argument, and Ariosto was promptly dismissed from service.

Some have attributed this piece of metafiction as one component of the "Sorriso ariostesco" or Ariosto's smile, the wry sense of humor that Ariosto adds to the text.

Ariosto does this, Javitch argues, to undermine "man's foolish but persistent desire for continuity and completion".

Ariosto later said that the cardinal was ungrateful, that he deplored the time which he spent under his yoke, and that if he received some small pension, it was not to reward him for his poetry — which the prelate despised — but for acting as a messenger.

Ariosto uses it throughout his works.

Because of this, Ariosto asked the duke either to provide for him, or to allow him to seek employment elsewhere.

Echoes in Giovanni Sercambi 's Novelle and Ariosto 's Orlando furioso suggest that the story of Shahriyar and Shahzaman was also known.

Education and patronage Memorial statue and park, Ferrara After the death of his father, Ludovico Ariosto was compelled to forgo his literary occupations and take care of his family, whose affairs were in disarray.

From his earliest years, Ludovico was very interested in poetry, but he was obliged by his father to study law. citation After five years of law, Ariosto was allowed to read classics under Gregorio da Spoleto.

Javitch's term refers to Ariosto's narrative technique to break off one plot line in the middle of a canto, only to pick it up again in another, often much later, canto.

Poetic style Statue of the poet in Reggio Emilia Throughout Ariosto's writing are narratorial comments dubbed by Dr. Daniel Javitch as "Cantus Interruptus".

The latter's secretary Pietro Bembo described her as "one of the wisest and most fortunate of women"; while the poet Ariosto deemed her the "liberal and magnanimous Isabella".

The Literature of Lesbianism: A Historical Anthology from Ariosto to Stonewall, Columbia University Press.

The prisoner of St. Anna had no control over his editors; and from the masterpiece which placed him on the level of Petrarch and Ariosto he never derived one penny of pecuniary profit.