Pietro Lauro’s Polendo: an italian heir to Palmerín

Authors

  • Monica Bombardini Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere Università degli Studi di Verona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13136/2284-2667/21

Keywords:

Pietro Lauro, Polendo, Palmerín de Olivia, Palmerin cycle, romances of chivalry, literary relations between Italy and Spain

Abstract

The Historia delle gloriose imprese di Polendo, figliuolo di Palmerino d’Oliva, e di Pompide figliuolo di don Duardo re d’Inghilterra (Venice, 1566), written by the Italian author Pietro Lauro, belongs to the Italian series of Palmerín de Olivia. This book is the continuation of the first two books of the original Spanish series, Palmerín de Olivia and Primaleón. Pietro Lauro’s book presents many innovative elements compared to the tradition of the novel of chivalry, not only for its content, but also for its narrative structure. In the Historia di Polendo we can notice some continuities, as well as some dissonances with the previous books. This demonstrates the novelty and originality of the author.

La Historia delle gloriose imprese di Polendo, figliuolo di Palmerino d’Oliva, e di Pompide figliuolo di don Duardo re d’Inghilterra (Venecia, 1566), escrita por Pietro Lauro, pertenece al ciclo italiano de Palmerín de Olivia y es una continuación los dos primeros libros del ciclo original español, Palmerín de Olivia y Primaleón. El libro de Pietro Lauro presenta algunos elementos novedosos en relación a la tradición del libro de caballerías, no sólo por lo que atañe a los contenidos, sino también por la estructura de la narración. En la Historia di Polendo destacan tanto elementos de continuidad como de divergencia con respecto a los libros anteriores. Esto demuestra la novedad y la originalidad del autor.

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Published

2014-12-12

Issue

No. 2 (2014): The genre of Spanish romances of chivalry between history and fiction. Narration, models, theory of the novel

Section

Monographic

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