Hopeless Love
Book three of the Italian poet Matteo Maria Boiardo''s epic poem Orlando innamorato (Orlando in Love) was published posthumously in 1494; in 1532, the poet Ludovico Ariosto published his final version of a sequel, Orlando furioso (The Frenzy of Orlando). At the end of his poem, Boiardo tells the tale of the princess Fiordispina''s unfulfilled desire for the maiden warrior Bradamante, a story that ...
Book three of the Italian poet Matteo Maria Boiardo''s epic poem Orlando innamorato (Orlando in Love) was published posthumously in 1494; in 1532, the poet Ludovico Ariosto published his final version of a sequel, Orlando furioso (The Frenzy of Orlando). At the end of his poem, Boiardo tells the tale of the princess Fiordispina''s unfulfilled desire for the maiden warrior Bradamante, a story that ...
