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Teofilo Folengo: v. 1, Bks. 1-12: Baldo
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Hardback. Baldo, the hero of these adventures, is a descendant of French royalty who starts out as something of a juvenile delinquent. This poem narrates episodes which include imprisonment; battles with local authorities, pirates, shepherds, witches, and demons; and a journey to the underworld. Throughout, Baldo is accompanied by various companions. Translator(s): Mullaney, Ann E. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618.
Teofilo Folengo (1491-1544) was born in Mantua and joined the Benedictine order, but became a runaway monk and a satirist of monasticism. In 1517, he published, under the pseudonym Merlin Cocaio, the first version of his macaronic narrative poem Baldo , later enlarged and elaborated. It blended Latin with various Italian dialects in hexameter verse, inventing a deliberately droll language whose humour depends on the mixture of high and low tonalities. An important example of the mock-heroic epic, the work was a model for Rabelais and was frequently reprinted. Baldo, the hero of these picaresque adventures, is a descendant ... Read more
Teofilo Folengo (1491-1544) was born in Mantua and joined the Benedictine order, but became a runaway monk and a satirist of monasticism. In 1517, he published, under the pseudonym Merlin Cocaio, the first version of his macaronic narrative poem Baldo , later enlarged and elaborated. It blended Latin with various Italian dialects in hexameter verse, inventing a deliberately droll language whose humour depends on the mixture of high and low tonalities. An important example of the mock-heroic epic, the work was a model for Rabelais and was frequently reprinted. Baldo, the hero of these picaresque adventures, is a descendant ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
618g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674025219
SKU
V9780674025219
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Ref
99-1
About T Folengo
Ann E. Mullaney holds a Ph.D. in Italian Language and Literature from Yale University and has taught at the University of New Hampshire, Emory University, and the University of Minnesota.
Reviews for Teofilo Folengo: v. 1, Bks. 1-12: Baldo
The Baldus, as it also became known, is the Renaissance's masterpiece of macaronic poetry, a burlesque satire that blends farce, humor and social commentary in hexameters that knead together Latin and various Italian dialects. The overall effect sounds like so many slips of the tongue, double entendres, or the Latinate effusions of an improviser akin to the 1950s ... Read more