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Divided into three parts (Tradition; Interpretation; Reception), this multi-contributed book aims to establish what Ariosto´s poem Orlando furioso was in its own time, at key stages during its five-century history, and of course what it means today. In revisiting Ariosto´s dream, it tries to answer the question: is it still alive?

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The Argentinian poet Jorge Luis Borges, whose visionary poem "Ariosto y los árabes" inspired the title of this book, defined Ariosto´s Orlando furioso as a dream: a dream that grew out of the medieval legends of Charlemagne and King Arthur to conquer the entire western world and become a collective fantasy, a mirror onto which for centuries countless readers have reflected their own dreams and aspirations. That dream reached its 500th anniversary in 2016 and, to mark the occasion, a group of 14 scholars, comprising internationally acclaimed specialists as well as younger researchers, came together in Oxford to reflect on Ariosto in what would turn out to be a memorable meeting of minds. This book contains their thoughts and ideas, and above all their dialogue, offering fresh perspectives on one of the most enigmatic works of European, and - increasingly - world literature. Divided into three parts (Tradition; Interpretation; Reception), it aims to establish what Ariosto´s poem was in its own time, at key stages during its five-century history, and of course what it means today. In revisiting Ariosto´s dream, it tries to answer the question: is it still alive?

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CONTENTS: Daniela Delcorno Branca: L´ Orlando furioso e la tradizione romanzesca arturiana - Annalisa Perrotta: Menzogne, verita e Cassandre tra Morgante e Furioso - Elisa Martini: "Diro d´Orlando": l´evoluzione della figura del conte di Brava tra il Mambriano e il Furioso - Maria Pavlova: Nicolo degli Agostini´s Quinto libro and the 1516 Furioso - Giada Guassardo: Ariosto´s Rime and the 1516 Furioso : Cases of poetic memory - Ida Campeggiani: I frammenti autografi dell´ Orlando furioso : un´ipotesi per lo "scrittoio" di Ariosto - Stefano Jossa: L´ Orlando furioso nel suo contesto editoriale - Franca Strologo: Trasgressione, travestimento e metamorfosi nel Furioso : intorno alla storia di Ricciardetto e Fiordispina - Maiko Favaro: Ruggiero: un trovatello, ma di famiglia illustre - Anna Klimkiewicz: Dall´errore all´utopia: incontri con l´utopia nell´ Orlando furioso - Ambra Anelotti: Il Furioso spiritualizzato - Francesco Lucioli: Mutare, imitare e tradurre "tutte le prime ottave dei canti del Furioso " - Christian Rivoletti: The narrator enters the scene: The Orlando furioso from Voltaire to Fragonard - Marco Dorigatti: The first 500 years of Orlando furioso.

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