A Nerkle, a Nerd, and a Seersucker, too!

Today I made my first selection from my summer reading list: Morgante by Luigi Pulci. It is one of the four great Renaissance Italian Epic Romances besides Ariosto, Boiardo and Tasso, according to Jacques Barzun. I discovered these wonderful, influential classics from his book From Dawn to Decadence - drawn to them because Barzun alleged they were forgotten by most. It was even more of a delight to discover that Pulci is one of the great influences on Byron. But enough of this nerdy yawping. I'm reading it as part of my mandate to read the classics - I'm such a geek, I know.