{"product_id":"giraldi-cinthio-on-romances-paperback","title":"Giraldi Cinthio on Romances - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGiraldi Cinthio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenry L. Snuggs\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiraldi Cinthio's Discorso intorno al comporre dei romanzi, here translated into English for the first time, was one of the most important critical works of the Renaissance. Written as a defense of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, Giraldi's discourse is an inquiry both into the nature of poetry and into the characteristics of the \"\"heroic\"\" or epic genre, in which some of the world's richest poems fall. Henry L. Snuggs introduces this translation with an incisive interpretation of Giraldi's critical th\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry L. Snuggs\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at Wake Forest University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42174900994183,"sku":"9780813154756","price":42.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f0ba141b7944c21fc0fdb84619bb6dc7.webp?v=1733377690","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/giraldi-cinthio-on-romances-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}