‘Cavallo offers a thoroughly researched examination of the literary sources that shaped Boiardo’s narrative and Ariosto’s interpretation of the material… This is an incredibly rich and rigorous study of Boiardo’s literary world.’
Andrea Rizzi
Parergon vol 32:01:2015
‘This is an excellent study with well-crafted narratives, replete with insights and detailed analysis… This book should appeal not only to Italianists but also to scholars interested in the debate on late medieval and early modern cultural encounters.’
Giorgos Plakotos
Sixteenth Century Journal vol 46:03:2015
‘The World beyond Europe invites scholars of Italian literature to expand our spatial and cultural horizons by offering a model of original thinking and syncretic knowledge.’
Maria Galli Stampino
Italica vol 92:04:2015
‘Cavallo provides a detailed and fascinating account of how a non-Christian space was represented both in the romance epic tradition and more generally in early modern Italian culture.’
Juliann Vitullo
Annali D’Italianistica vol 35:2016
‘This engagingly written book is indispensable not only for Italianists but for students and scholars of romance and epic and any other literature of the European West.’
Goran Stanivukovic
Renaissance & Reformation, vol 40:01:2017