KnowraLudovico AriostoLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Ludovico Ariosto, each with the reason it gives.All 7Related 5Compared with 2Italian literatureRelated: His inventive narrative became a landmark of Italian Renaissance poetry.Ottava rimaRelated: His poem established an influential model for ottava rima narrative.FerraraRelated: Ariosto worked at the Este court, where Ferrara shaped his literary world.Torquato TassoCompared with: Ariosto’s expansive romance offered Tasso a major model—and a rival standard for epic poetry.Jerusalem DeliveredCompared with: Tasso’s poem answers a major Italian romance epic with a more unified sacred mission.A True StoryRelated: Ariosto’s journey to the Moon in Orlando Furioso recalls Lucian’s comic celestial travel.Matteo Maria BoiardoRelated: Ariosto continued Boiardo’s story and developed its characters and narrative world.