Jerusalem Delivered

Jerusalem Delivered
Title Jerusalem Delivered PDF eBook
Author Torquato Tasso
Publisher Wayne State University Press
Pages 700
Release 1987-01-04
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 0814337562

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Annotations and a glossary clarify the numerous historical, geographical, and mythological references.

Jerusalem Delivered

Jerusalem Delivered
Title Jerusalem Delivered PDF eBook
Author Torquato Tasso
Publisher
Pages 334
Release 1797
Genre Italian poetry
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Jerusalem Delivered (Gerusalemme liberata)

Jerusalem Delivered (Gerusalemme liberata)
Title Jerusalem Delivered (Gerusalemme liberata) PDF eBook
Author Torquato Tasso
Publisher JHU Press
Pages 791
Release 2003-05-22
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 0801877008

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Late in the eleventh century the First Crusade culminated in the conquest of Jerusalem by Christian armies. Five centuries later, when Torquato Tasso began to search for a subject worthy of an epic, Jerusalem was governed by a sultan, Europe was in the crisis of religious division, and the Crusades were a nostalgic memory. Tasso turned to the First Crusade both as a subject that would test his poetic ambition and as a reflection on the quandaries of his own time. He sought to create a masterpiece that would deserve comparison with the great epics of the past. Gerusalemme liberata became one of the most widely read and cherished books of the Renaissance. First published in 1581, it was translated into English by Edward Fairfax in 1600. That translation has been the standard, even though Fairfax was only a good, not a great, poet. Fairfax tried to fit Tasso's verse into Spenserian stanzas, adding to and subtracting from the original and often changing Tasso's meaning. Anthony Esolen's new translation captures the delight of Tasso's descriptions, the different voices of its cast of characters, the shadings between glory and tragedy—and it does all this in an English as powerful and clear as Tasso's Italian. Tasso's masterpiece finally emerges as an English masterpiece.

The Liberation of Jerusalem

The Liberation of Jerusalem
Title The Liberation of Jerusalem PDF eBook
Author Torquato Tasso
Publisher OUP Oxford
Pages 492
Release 2009-02-12
Genre Poetry
ISBN 0191567582

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'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.

The Jerusalem Delivered

The Jerusalem Delivered
Title The Jerusalem Delivered PDF eBook
Author Torquato Tasso
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Pages 554
Release 1853
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The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso

The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso
Title The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso PDF eBook
Author Torquato Tasso
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Pages 716
Release 1865
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Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, an Heroic Poem

Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, an Heroic Poem
Title Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, an Heroic Poem PDF eBook
Author Torquato Tasso
Publisher
Pages 476
Release 1818
Genre
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