Ariosto’s Orlando furioso

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Ariosto’s Orlando furioso

Fall 2008

Faculty: Dr. Walter Stephens

Librarian: Sue Waterman

This guide lists Web sites, reference tools, primary source collections, and research strategies that will be of use to students in Ariosto's Orlando furioso, 214.678. Students are welcome to schedule an appointment for additional assistance with research for this class or for assistance with any of the resources referenced on this guide.

Find Background Information on Ariosto and Orlando furioso

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (6 volumes). General Reference : CB 361 .E52 1999

The New Century Italian Renaissance Encyclopedia. General Reference : DG 537.8 .A1N48

Europe: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. (6 volumes). TGeneral Reference: D 209 .E97 2004

Epic romance : Homer to Milton. D Level: PO 539 .E64B87 1993

Ludovico Ariosto : documenti, immagini, fortuna critica. D Level: PG 1587 .L83 1992

Find Books about Ariosto and his poem

JHU Libraries Catalog

To search for books about Spain, use the Alphabetical Search option and set the search box to Subjects -- Library of Congress. Try any or all of the following Subject Headings
Ariosto, Lodovico
Ariosto, Lodovico--Orlando furioso
Epic poetry, Italian--History and criticism
Romances, Italian--History and criticism
Italian poetry--15th century
Italian poetry--16th century
Italian drama to 1700
Theater--Italy--History

You can use any of the above words, and any other words or names that describe your project, in a Keyword Search as well. For best results, do a Subject Keyword search, or a Title Keyword search.
Get to know the very interesting CB section of the stacks. Lots of interesting stuff on medievalism and intellectual history. Browse on B Level AND in the catalog

WorldCat (All JHU (incl. International))

Expand your search beyond JHU and search the database of WorldCat. Includes books and other materials in all US research libraries. It's very easy to request anything in WorldCat, directly from the databases, from Interlibrary Services.

Google Books can be used in very interesting ways to find books about a subject. Because of the vast number of books being digitized, you can find references to subjects that you could never otherwise find. Try searching on Ariosto and Bibbiena, or even a passage (quotation) from a text. You will be amazed at what you can find.

Find Articles in Journals

MLA International Bibliography (All JHU (incl. International))

AIDA: Bibliography of Scholarly Italian Periodical Literature (Homewood)

Humanities Full Text (also part of OmniFile full text mega) (All US JHU)

Historical Abstracts (old version) (All JHU (incl. International))

Iter Italicum (All US JHU)

Complete listing of relevant databases for Italian literature

Complete listing of databases in Medieval and Renaissance Studies

LIAB: Letteratura italiana, aggiornamento bibliografico.
Covers materials published 1991-present but including all time periods of Italian literature, including books, articles, and reviews. Organized by time period, with several indexes, including Subjects, Authors, Keywords, Periodical titles, Publishers. A necessary complement to the databases.
General Reference: Z 2354 .C8 L474

BIGLI: Bibliografia generale della lingua e della letteratura italiana.
Annual index to articles and book studies in Italian literature. Fills in the gaps of the MLA, which is heavily slanted toward English-language sources. A bit difficult to use, and always years behind in publication, but an essential tool for Italian literary studies. General Reference: PC 1073 .B53 (1991-2003)

Notes about finding journal articles:

Some articles are available in electronic full-text and some are not.
Use the link in the databases above to find out what options are available.
You can also verify electronic access to a particular journal by consulting the library's E-Journals Page.
If you cannot find electronic access, use the JHU Libraries Catalog to determine if the library has a print copy of the journal that you need. Use the Alphabetical Search option to search for the Journal Title.
You can always ask for help finding a journal article at the Information Desk on M-level.

Selected Research Resources

The Scholar's Bookshelf: a resource guide to late medieval and early modern manuscripts and rare books

Italian Theater: a guide to some of the important resources in Special Collections

Archivio della tradizione lirica : da Petrarca a Marino. A searchable CD-ROM. A Level: Audio Visual Comp File 3323

LIZ :Letteratura Italiana Zanichelli (Eisenhower AV)

Full text database of 780 works of Italian literature, representing 182 major and minor authors. Request the CD in Audio/Visual Center on A Level. Comp File 1681

Opera del vocabolario italiano (All JHU (incl. International))

Early editions of Orlando furioso, and related books in Special Collections. Do an Advance Keyword search in the catalog. Type in "ariosto" as a Generlaakeyword, and limit the Locations to Eisenhower Special Collections, Garrett Library, and George Peabody Library.

Ludovico Ariosto, an annotated bibliography of criticism, 1956-1980. D Level: PG 1586 .Z5 R62 1984