A Reader’s Research Guide to Ariosto in Shakespeare’s England

This collection of essays by outstanding scholars from across the world, led by two major experts in the field, offers a wide-ranging investigation into Ludovico Ariosto’s multifarious presence in early modern English culture. Led by two major experts in the field, this collection of essays by outstanding scholars from both sides of the Atlantic reassesses the diverse forms of influence and intertextuality that were wrought on the period’s literature and culture through direct and indirect reading, refashioning, rewriting, and adaptation of Ariosto’s works during Shakespeare’s time and beyond. Organized into four key areas of research, the novelty of the volume lies in its careful investigation into the impact, reception, adaptation, and appropriation of one of the landmarks of the Western canon, Ludovico Ariosto and his works, in a revisited dialogue and intertextual confrontation with the British world. The chapters’ wide range of approaches, spanning from Shakespeare studies to Italian studies, from theater to chivalric literature, and from issues of race and gender to reception theory and cultural studies, guarantees a high level of specialism and interdisciplinarity, making the book appealing to scholars and students alike across di□