Orlando Furioso - Canto 3 summary and commentary

Welcome to this series of videos dedicated to the Italian epic poem "ORLANDO FURIOSO", by Ludovico Ariosto. Find the Playlist with all the videos here:    • ORLANDO FURIOSO canto by canto   00:00 Italo Calvino's introduction 02:03 Proemio - poetic inspiration 03:54 Back to Pinabel and Bradamante 05:11 Introduction of Melissa 05:57 Life of Merlin 07:06 Stanzas 13 - 16 Merlin speaks 09:12 Ariosto's celebration of his Lords 10:57 Prophecy for Bradamante 14:41 End of prophecy. The two sad men. 17:39 Stanza 69 - The magic ring 20:32 Bordeaux - Brunello and final scene "Orlando Furioso", translated by Barbara Reynolds: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/orla...