• Self-Portraits of a Truthful Liar: Satire, Truth-Telling, and Courtliness in Ludovico Ariosto's Satire and Orlando Furioso

    Author(s):
    Paola Ugolini (see profile)
    Date:
    2020
    Group(s):
    LLC Medieval and Renaissance Italian
    Subject(s):
    Italy, Area studies, Renaissance
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Italian studies
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/7myx-zc92
    Abstract:
    Composed during the most difficult years of Ludovico Ariosto’s relationship with the Este court, the Satire are known for presenting a picture of their author as a simple, quiet-loving man, and also as a man who can speak only the truth. However, the self-portrait offered by the Satire of the author as a man incapable of lying stands in direct contrast to the depiction presented by St. John in canto 35 of the Orlando Furioso of all writers (and thus, implicitly, of Ariosto) as liars. This article investigates the relationship between such contrasting self-portraits of Ariosto, aiming to overcome the traditional opposition of satire as the mode for honest speech—and for a truthful portrayal of the author’s self— and epic as the mode for courtly flattering.
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    Journal:
    Renaissance and Reformation
    Volume:
    40
    Issue:
    1
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
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    All Rights Reserved
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