title: Poems (The I Tatti Renaissance Library)
author:  Cristoforo Landino 
description: Mary P. Chatfield is the former Head of the Classics Department at the Commonwealth School, Boston.
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  **Ludovico Ariosto**
  
  (1474-1533) ****
  
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  **Contents**
  
  ___The Epic Poems___
  
  __ORLANDO INNAMORATO by Matteo Maria Boiardo__
  
  __ORLANDO FURIOSO__
  
  ___The Italian Text___
  
  __CONTENTS OF THE ITALIAN TEXT__
  
  ___The Dual Text___
  
  __CONTENTS OF THE DUAL TEXT__
  
  ___The Biographies___
  
  __BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: LODOVICO ARIOSTO__
  
  __ARIOSTO: CRITICAL NOTICE OF HIS LIFE AND GENIUS by Leigh Hunt__
  
  ___The Delphi Classics Catalogue___
  
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  _© Delphi Classics 2015_
  
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  **Ludovico Ariosto** ****
  
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  _By Delphi Classics, 2015_
  
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  _Ludovico Ariosto - Delphi Poets Series_
  
  First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Delphi Classics.
  
  © Delphi Classics, 2015.
  
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