Considerations on Huon d'Auvergne / Ugo d'Alvernia
Gloria Allaire
"Considerations on Huon d'Auvergne / Ugo d'Alvernia." This study examines an epic romance which probably originated in the twelfth century. Its complex textual tradition is represented by extant Franco-Italian manuscripts, a striking reworking Tuscan prose, later version octaves, and two early print editions. Scattered historical references literary analogues provide evidence for its evolution dating. The three-part narrative includes protagonist's voyage to underworld, debt Virgil's Aeneid that has echoes medieval texts such as Dante's Comedy. concludes focusing note-worthy classicism of Andrea da Barberino's Florentine prose reworking. Unlike his French chanson de geste or Italian cantari models, Maestro cites remarkable number classical authors personages also unusual names similes not normally found Carolingian cycle texts. reason this must be sought literate populace fifteenth-century Florence: religious piety feudal devotion are now joined pragmatic humanism have appealed Andrea's vernacular readers.
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