Serious play : desire and authority in the poetry of Ovid, Chaucer, and Ariosto

Publication Data

• Title Serious play : desire and authority in the poetry of Ovid, Chaucer, and Ariosto
• Author Robert W. Hanning
• Publisher Columbia University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

Ovid's amatory poetry: Rome in a comic mirror
Chaucer: dealing with the authorities; or, Twisting the nose that feeds you
Ariosto's Orlando Furioso: confusion multiply confounded; or, Astray in the forest of desire.

Topics

• Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. :: Criticism and interpretation
• Authority in literature
• Comic, The, in literature
• Desire in literature

Serious play : desire and authority in the poetry of Ovid, Chaucer, and Ariosto by Robert W. Hanning. ISBN 9780231526395. Published by Columbia University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.