The liberation of Jerusalem = (Gerusalemme liberata) /

"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 cit...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595
Outros Autores: Wickert, Max (Translator)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Língua italiana
Publicado em: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Colecção:Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Sumário:
  • Introduction; A Note on the Translation; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Torquato Tasso; THE LIBERATION OF JERUSALEM; Appendix: Tasso's Liberation of Jerusalem in Literature, Art, and Music; Explanatory Notes; Glossary of Proper Names