SOURCE: Martinez, Ronald L. “Two Odysseys: Rinaldo's Po Journey and the Poet's Homecoming in Orlando furioso.” In Renaissance Transactions: Ariosto and Tasso, edited by Valeria Finucci, pp. 17-25. Durham & London: Duke University Press, 1999.
In the following selection, Martinez examines Homer's Odyssey as a source for Ariosto's Orlando furioso and compares the journeying and homecoming of the poet-narrator of the Furioso with that of Rinaldo, the character whose journey frames the conclusion of the 1516 version of the poem.
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