by jac3 | Aug 1, 2018
Spain First edition, 1496; oldest extant edition, 1508. Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo Amadís de Gaula Amadis de Gaula (Amadis of Gaul) was the most famous and bravest knight in the entire Hispanic literary tradition, that is, until a crazy gentleman in a...
by jac3 | Jul 18, 2018
Italy Composed: 1506-1532 CEPublished: 1516; 1521; 1532 Lodovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso is a continuation of the romance epic Orlando Innamorato, which was left unfinished at the ninth canto of Book Three when Boiardo died in...
by jac3 | Jun 29, 2018
Italy First published posthumously in 1560 Tullia d’Aragona, Il Meschino, altramente detto il Guerrino [The Wretch, Otherwise Known as Guerrino] Tullia d’Aragona (ca. 1501- 1556) was a celebrated Italian courtesan, prolific author, and...
by jac3 | Jun 29, 2018
Portugal 1563 José de Anchieta De gestis Mendi de Saa (On the Deeds of Mem de Sá) Before Alonso de Ercilla wrote La Araucana (Madrid 1569) about the war waged between Spaniards and Mapuches on the Chilean frontier, before...
by jac3 | Jun 29, 2018
Spain 1569, 1578, and 1589 (first complete edition) Alonso de Ercilla La Araucana Alonso de Ercilla’s La Araucana (published in Spain in three parts, 1569, 1578, and 1589, the latter gathering all three parts) is probably the best known epic poem of...
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