The liberation of Jerusalem (Gerusalemme liberata) /

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Tasso's epic poem concerns the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099, and combines the theme of war with romantic and magical tales of love between pagan and Christian. This is the first modern translation that faithfully reflects the sense and verse form of Tasso's hugely infuenti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595
Otros Autores: Wickert, Max
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Colección:Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Temas:
Godfrey, > of Bouillon, > approximately 1060-1100 > Poetry.
Godfrey, > of Bouillon, > approximately 1060-1100
1096-1244
Epic poetry, Italian > Translations into English.
Crusades > First, 1096-1099 > Poetry.
Croisades > 1re croisade, 1096-1099 > Poésie.
POETRY > Continental European.
Crusades.
Epic poetry, Italian.
Jerusalem > History > Latin Kingdom, 1099-1244 > Poetry.
Jérusalem (Royaume latin, 1099-1244) > Poésie.
Middle East > Jerusalem.
History
Poetry.
Translations.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Tasso's epic poem concerns the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099, and combines the theme of war with romantic and magical tales of love between pagan and Christian. This is the first modern translation that faithfully reflects the sense and verse form of Tasso's hugely infuential masterpiece. - ;'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 too.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxxvi, 454 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages xxx-xxxii).
ISBN:9780191567582
0191567582

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