Having finished re-reading the Pulci, I think that one might interest you as well
Larry Send a noteboard - 25/12/2012 08:59:38 AM
I do keep looking for La Chanson de Roland in the Old French in hardcover and can't find it anywhere. There was one old one that amazon.fr wouldn't ship outside Europe because it was through their marketplace, and then that one disappeared. I found a crappy paperback version in lots of places, but I'm not going to buy that. Pléiade doesn't even sell one. I was able to get Chretien de Troyes, Livre du Graal (3 volumes) and Tristan et Yseult, but not that.
Reading the notes was an interesting experience, as it seems that in Morgante he managed to work in some very biting jabs at the Church under the guise of writing praises for Christendom. Some of the satire is surprisingly fresh for a work that's over 500 years old.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
Trying to decide which of these is the best shared-world writer...
- 23/12/2012 02:23:35 AM
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I have heard of the Bertrand fella, and the Twelve Paladins but I haven't read any of his works
- 23/12/2012 02:58:41 AM
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I do intend to read Orlando Furioso (and Gerusalemme Liberata) at some point.
- 23/12/2012 08:30:03 AM
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What does Gerusalemme Liberata have to do with it?
- 23/12/2012 02:49:41 PM
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Never had a formal lesson in Italian
- 23/12/2012 05:17:48 PM
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I actually believe Italian to be the easiest Romance language
- 23/12/2012 07:26:43 PM
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It certainly isn't the hardest (Romanian and then French might be that)
- 23/12/2012 07:42:38 PM
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Romanian always seemed quite easy to me
- 24/12/2012 02:08:17 AM
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I think we're interpreting this a bit differently here
- 24/12/2012 04:15:46 AM
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So by "purity" you really mean the simplicity and limitation on vowel sounds...
- 26/12/2012 01:20:40 AM
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Yes, although I prefer it being in reference to a lesser range of variation in vowel sound to letter
- 26/12/2012 04:33:06 AM
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Eh, they're both famous Italian epics? 
- 25/12/2012 07:06:37 PM
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- 25/12/2012 07:06:37 PM
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You make it sound as though Medieval Italian is radically different from Modern Italian.
- 26/12/2012 01:15:24 AM
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From the aesthetic point of view I think that Ariosto is recognized as the best.
- 23/12/2012 02:54:43 PM
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I agree (all but the Bar-Sur-Aube I've read in the original language, with translations to help)
- 23/12/2012 05:16:04 PM
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Since it's a short book I might just buy a paperback and hope Dumbarton Oaks issues a hardcover.
- 23/12/2012 07:29:52 PM
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It'll be a few months at least before I tackle Mommsen in any language
- 23/12/2012 07:44:42 PM
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I took a chance and ordered Orlando Furioso a week ago from amazon.it
- 24/12/2012 02:14:02 AM
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Hopefully it'll be what you want
- 24/12/2012 04:19:32 AM
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Io sono trasportato di gioia
- 28/12/2012 12:32:21 AM
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And I just ordered their Tasso.
- 28/12/2012 01:09:08 AM
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Very strange indeed
- 28/12/2012 04:46:26 AM
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Excellent! 
- 28/12/2012 04:45:42 AM
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- 28/12/2012 04:45:42 AM
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The books are not as rigid as a cardboard-style hardcover, but they aren't very supple.
- 28/12/2012 05:36:35 AM
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I agree about the Old French and Catalan - it makes sense when you think about it.
- 25/12/2012 07:18:35 PM
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Having finished re-reading the Pulci, I think that one might interest you as well
- 25/12/2012 08:59:38 AM
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Saw the title of this and immediately thought: Tite Kubo. haha 
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- 03/01/2013 10:27:22 PM
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- 03/01/2013 10:27:22 PM
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