Book Description
Annotations and a glossary clarify the numerous historical, geographical, and mythological references.
Author : Torquato Tasso
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 34,5 MB
Release : 1987-01-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0814337562
Annotations and a glossary clarify the numerous historical, geographical, and mythological references.
Author : Torquato Tasso
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Page : 288 pages
File Size : 35,18 MB
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Author : Torquato Tasso
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 38,48 MB
Release : 2009-02-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0191567582
'The bitter tragedy of human life— horrors of death, attack, retreat, advance, and the great game of Destiny and Chance. ' In The Liberation of Jerusalem (Gerusalemme liberata, 1581), Torquato Tasso set out to write an epic to rival the Iliad and the Aeneid. Unlike his predecessors, he took his subject not from myth but from history: the Christian capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade. The siege of the city is played out alongside a magical romance of love and sacrifice, in which the Christian knight Rinaldo succumbs to the charms of the pagan sorceress Armida, and the warrior maiden Clorinda inspires a fatal passion in the Christian Tancred. Tasso's masterpiece left its mark on writers from Spenser and Milton to Goethe and Byron, and inspired countless painters and composers. This is the first English translation in modern times that faithfully reflects both the sense and the verse form of the original. Max Wickert's fine rendering is introduced by Mark Davie, who places Tasso's poem in the context of his life and times and points to the qualities that have ensured its lasting impact on Western culture. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author : Torquato Tasso
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Page : 468 pages
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Page : 324 pages
File Size : 39,90 MB
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Page : 550 pages
File Size : 49,84 MB
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Page : 396 pages
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Page : 408 pages
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Page : 398 pages
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