{"product_id":"baldo-1","title":"Baldo","description":"\u003cp\u003eTeofilo Folengo (1491-1544) was born in Mantua and joined the Benedictine order, but became a runaway monk and a satirist of monasticism. In 1517 he published, under the pseudonym Merlin Cocaio, the first version of his macaronic narrative poem \u003ci\u003eBaldo\u003c\/i\u003e, later enlarged and elaborated. It blended Latin with various Italian dialects in hexameter verse, inventing a deliberately droll language whose humor depends on the mixture of high and low tonalities. An important example of the mock-heroic epic, the work was a model for Rabelais and was frequently reprinted. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaldo, the hero of these picaresque adventures, is a descendant of French royalty who starts out as something of a juvenile delinquent. The poem narrates episodes which include imprisonment; battles with local authorities, pirates, shepherds, witches, and demons; and a journey to the underworld. Throughout Baldo is accompanied by various companions, among them a giant, a centaur, a magician, and his best friend Cingar, a wickedly inventive trickster (\"practicus ad beffas\"). This edition provides the first English translation of this hilarious send-up of ancient epic and Renaissance chivalric romance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54222531756376,"sku":"9780674025219","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674025219.jpg?v=1770273918","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/baldo-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}