Humanism’s Other Inheritance: The Brutal Intertextuality of Boiardo’s Rocca Crudele

By Natalie Cleaver

In Book I of the Orlando innamorato, Ranaldo travels from Palazo Zoioso to Rocca Crudele, a distinct adventure that exists almost as a separate novella within the poem. At Rocca Crudele, he encounters an exceptionally violent scene that is composed…

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