«Sia Marganorre essempio di chi regna». Catastrophe, tyranny and misogyny in the XXXVII canto of «Orlando furioso»
A double catastrophe is narrated in the XXXVII canto of Orlando furioso. The first calamity, unleashed by the tragic death of both Marganorre’s sons, is of an individual sort; yet it reveals an ‘apocalyptic’ trait, since it unveils the tyrant’s cruel, barbaric and ferocious nature. The second catast...
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University of Bologna
2021-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://griseldaonline.unibo.it/article/view/12920 |