Orlando and Othello: Deluded Heroes for the Modern Age

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Channel: University of Birmingham · 2017 · Education

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Dr Ita Mac Carthy talks about the innovative approach in which Ariosto presents the Christian hero Orlando in his poem and the influence his poem has on Shakespeare's Othello, during the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the publication of the Orlando Furioso at the University of Birmingham.

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