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Orlando Furioso
Orlando furioso (; "The Frenzy of Orlando", more literally "Raging Roland") is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was not published in its complete form until 1532. "Orlando Furioso" is a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's unfinished romance "Orlando Innamorato" ("Orlando in Love", published posthumously in 1495). In its historical setting and characters, it shares some features
"Discorso sopra il Principio di tutti i canti d'Orlando furioso" which was linked to "Orlando Furioso" and in which several of the characters appeared.
"Orlando Furioso" was a major influence on Edmund Spenser's epic "The Faerie Queene". William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" takes one of its plots (Hero/Claudio/Don John) from "Orlando Furioso" (probably via Spenser or Bandello). In 1592, Robert Greene published a play called "The Historie of Orlando Furioso"