Stories of Warriors and Sweethearts at the Holy Crusade

About the Book

The First Crusade to the Holy Land, transformed by the imagination and religious fervor of an Italian gentleman of the late sixteenth century. A mission of war armed protagonists, watched over by angelical and diabolical forces, interrupted by adventures, enchantments, love stories, unexpected transgressions. In Tasso’s world, dedication to a cause is always something extreme and fatal; love is characterized by unhappiness and defeat (Erminia, Tancredi, Clorinda) and the war is ferociousness without either pity or a solution.

About the Author

Folco Zanobini, Florentine, has taught Italian literature for many years at the high school level; he has dealt with literary criticism, lexicography, editing and has published various school textbooks. He lives and works in Florence.