Delay the War But Not the Sex: Boiardo on Action and Time
Brady Spangenberg
Matteo Maria Boiardo developed two contrasting experiences of time, one pertinent to war, the other personal relationships. Where martial sequences Orlando Innamorato develop in linear chronology, its romantic move asynchronous fashion, sometimes forward, backward, but always indeterminate. Delay is often necessary war usually useless love.
Arthuriana