Morgante - The Epic Adventures of Orlando and His Giant Friend Morgante

Lèbano, Professor of French and Italian at Indiana University, has published on Luigi Pulci's culture and works.Indiana Masterpiece Editions

About the author

Joseph Tusiani is Distinguished Service Professor (retired) at the City University of New York. His other translations include The Complete Poems of Michelangelo, Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered and Creation of the World, Boccaccio's Nymphs of Fiesole, Leopardi's Canti, and Dante's Lyric Poems. He is also author of several collections of verse in English, Italian, and Latin.
Edoardo A. Lèbano, Professor of French and Italian at Indiana University, has published on Luigi Pulci's culture and works.

Summary

An English translation of the Renaissance classic, "Il Morgante" by Luigi Pulci. A classic picaresque epic detailing the thrilling exploits of Orlando, this is a tale of war and of the calamities that befall the romantic hero, his fellow knights, and their sovereign, Charlemagne.

Product details

• Authors: Edoardo A. Lebano, Luigi Puici, Luigi Pulci, Pulci Luigi
• Assisted by: Translated by Joseph Tusiani with Introd (Editor), Joseph Tusiani (Translation)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2000
• EAN: 9780253214072
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21407-2
• No. of pages: 1014
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 58 mm
• Weight: 1597 g
• Series: Indiana Masterpiece Editions; Indiana Masterpiece Editions; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies