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Book The Lusiads

    Book Details:
  • Author : Luis Vaz de Camoes
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-11-28
  • ISBN : 9781420978209
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book The Lusiads written by Luis Vaz de Camoes and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 16th century poet Luís Vaz de Camões is widely considered as Portugal's greatest classical poet. Most likely born in Lisbon around 1524, Luís Vaz de Camões received a formal education, possibly from the University of Coimbra. While his family was poor, his heritage was noble and thus Luís Vaz de Camões was able to gain admittance to the court of John III where his career as a poet began. In the 1550s he traveled to the east, passing through the same regions that Vasco da Gama had sailed. It is about this time that he likely began writing his magnum opus, "The Lusiads". First published in 1572, this epic poem, which is frequently compared to Virgil's "Aeneid", relates the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's discovery of the maritime route to India by way of Cape of Good Hope. Composed of over 1100 stanzas in ten books, "The Lusiads" is to this day widely regarded as the most important literary work of the Portuguese language. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and follows the translation of William Julius Mickle.

Book Camoens

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  • Author : Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1881
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book Camoens written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Lusiad

Download or read book The Lusiad written by Luís de Camões and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Os Lusiadas  The Lusiads

Download or read book Os Lusiadas The Lusiads written by Luís de Camões and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Selected Sonnets

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  • Author : Luís de Camões
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2008-09-15
  • ISBN : 0226092992
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book Selected Sonnets written by Luís de Camões and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most important writer in Portuguese history and one of the preeminent European poets of the early modern era, Luís de Camões (1524–80) has been ranked as a sonneteer on par with Petrarch, Dante, and Shakespeare. Championed by such influential English poets as William Blake and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and admired in America by Edgar Allan Poe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Herman Melville, Camões was renowned for his intensely personal sonnets and equally intense adventurous life. He was banished for dueling and brawling at court, lost an eye fighting the Moors in North Africa, was shipwrecked off the coast of India, jailed in Goa, and exiled in Mozambique. Throughout these personal trials, he advanced poetry beyond the Petrarchin model of love won and lost to write of personal despair, history, politics, war, religion, and the natural beauty of Portugal. The first significant English translation of Camões's sonnets in more than one hundred years, Selected Sonnets: A Bilingual Edition collects seventy of Camões's best—all musically rendered into contemporary, yet metrical and rhymed, English-language poetry by William Baer, with the original Portuguese on facing pages—and reintroduces the genius of a poet whom Cervantes called "the incomparable treasure of Lusus." A comprehensive selection of sonnets that demonstrates the full range of Camões's interests and invention, Selected Sonnets will prove indespensible for both students and teachers in comparative and Renaissance literature, Portuguese and Spanish history, and the art of literary translation.

Book Sunjata

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  • Author : David C. Conrad
  • Publisher : Hackett Publishing
  • Release : 2004-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780872206977
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Sunjata written by David C. Conrad and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pillar of the West African oral tradition for centuries, this epic traces the adventures and achievements of the Mande hero, Sunjata, as he liberates his people from Sumaworo Kanté, the sorcerer king of Soso, and establishes the great medieval empire of Mali. David Conrad conveys the strong narrative thrust of the Sunjata epic in his presentation of substantial excerpts from his translation of a performance by Djanka Tassey Condé. Readers approaching the epic for the first time will appreciate the translation's highly readable, poetic English as well as Conrad's informative Introduction and notes. Scholars will find the familiar heroes and heroines taking on new dimensions, secondary characters gaining increased prominence, and previously unknown figures emerging from obscurity. "Thanks to his careful editing and translating of Condé's narrative, Conrad offers a highly readable version of the epic that is about a third of its original length. The translation communicates not only the poetic qualities and the essential events of the Sunjata legend but also the master bard's performance values. Thus, this rendering will fascinate those who already know the story and culture and those coming to the epic for the first time. Conrad provides an excellent introduction to Mande oral tradition, the role of the griot, and the Manding belief system. Though he makes no claim for this as the complete scholarly edition, he does provide helpful scholarly notes, a glossary, and a good bibliography. . . . Summing up: Highly recommended." --L. W. Yoder, CHOICE

Book The Lusiad of Camoens Translated Into English Spencerian Verse

Download or read book The Lusiad of Camoens Translated Into English Spencerian Verse written by Luís de Camões and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Empire in Transition

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  • Author : Alfred Hower
  • Publisher : University Press of Florida
  • Release : 2018-02-20
  • ISBN : 1947372750
  • Pages : 315 pages

Download or read book Empire in Transition written by Alfred Hower and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida’s long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers, both foreign and domestic. They examine topics critical to the area such as travel, migration, economic opportunity, and tourism. They look at the growth of Florida and the Caribbean and the attendant pressures on the environment, culture, urban development, and the movement of peoples, both forced and voluntary. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series gathers the rich data available in these architectural, archaeological, cultural, and historical works, as well as the travelogues and naturalists’ sketches of the area in prior to the twentieth century, making it accessible for scholars and the general public alike. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, under the Humanities Open Books program.

Book The Penguin Book of Southern African Verse

Download or read book The Penguin Book of Southern African Verse written by Stephen Gray and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 1989 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers poems by writers from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique, Angola, Malawi, Namibia, and Zambia.

Book The Lusiad of Luis de Camoens

Download or read book The Lusiad of Luis de Camoens written by Luís de Camões and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Delphi Collected Works of Luis de Camoes with The Lusiads  Illustrated

Download or read book Delphi Collected Works of Luis de Camoes with The Lusiads Illustrated written by Luis de Camoes and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2015-10-03 with total page 2159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portugal's greatest poet, Luís de Camões is famous for his epic poem ‘The Lusiads’ and his mastery of lyrical verse. His influence is so profound that Portuguese is sometimes simply referred to as the ‘language of Camões’. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Camões’ collected poetical works, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Camões’ life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Multiple translations of ‘The Lusiads’ – including Richard Francis Burton’s learned translation, first time in digital print * Provides a special dual English and Portuguese text, allowing readers to compare stanzas of Burton’s translation and the original text – ideal for students * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Camões’ lyrical verse, translated by Burton - spend hours exploring the poet's rare works – available in no other collection * Features a bonus biography - discover Camões’ literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Poetry Books THE LUSIADS: 1880 BURTON TRANSLATION THE LUSIADS: DUAL PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH TEXT THE LUSIADS: 1776 MICKLE TRANSLATION THE LYRICKS The Biography BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: LUIS VAZ DE CAMOENS by Edgar Prestage Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

Book Spices and Tourism

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  • Author : Lee Jolliffe
  • Publisher : Channel View Publications
  • Release : 2014-06-23
  • ISBN : 1845414438
  • Pages : 219 pages

Download or read book Spices and Tourism written by Lee Jolliffe and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to explore the relationship between tourism and spices. It examines the various layers of connection between spices and tourism in the context of destinations, attractions and cuisines. This volume will be useful for researchers and students in cultural tourism, culinary tourism, anthropology of food and food history.

Book Golden Goa

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  • Author : Grant Buday
  • Publisher : ECW Press
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 1550224123
  • Pages : 209 pages

Download or read book Golden Goa written by Grant Buday and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounting the author’s travels in India by paralleling them with those of 16th-century Portuguese soldier and poet Luis de Camoens—author of the Portuguese national epic The Lusiads—this magical, exquisite narrative, reminiscent journeys to the island of Diu, won by the Portuguese from the navy of Suleiman the Magnificent. Visiting Goa, the author meets the Rodrigues family, people who inhabit a two-hundred-year-old house full of history and rats. Throughout his travels, he encounters those who wish the Portuguese would come back—and those who are very glad they're gone.

Book The Spirit of Romance

Download or read book The Spirit of Romance written by Ezra Pound and published by Norfolk, Conn., J. Laughlin. This book was released on 1952 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Lusiads

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  • Author : Luis Vaz de Camoes
  • Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
  • Release : 2001-02-15
  • ISBN : 0191604364
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book The Lusiads written by Luis Vaz de Camoes and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2001-02-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1572, The Lusiads is one of the greatest epic poems of the Renaissance, immortalizing Portugal's voyages of discovery with an unrivalled freshness of observation. At the centre of The Lusiads is Vasco da Gama's pioneer voyage via southern Africa to India in 1497-98. The first European artist to cross the equator, Cam--otilde--;es's narrative reflects the novelty and fascination of that original encounter with Africa, India and the Far East. 1998 is the quincentenary of Vasca da Gama's voyage via southern Africa to India, the voyage celebrated in this new verse translation. - ;First published in 1572, The Lusiads is one of the greatest epic poems of the Renaissance, immortalizing Portugal's voyages of discovery with an unrivalled freshness of observation. At the centre of The Lusiads is Vasco da Gama's pioneer voyage via southern Africa to India in 1497-98. The first European artist to cross the equator, Camoes's narrative reflects the novelty and fascination of that original encounter with Africa, India and the Far East. The poem's twin symbols are the Cross and the Astrolabe, and its celebration of a turning point in mankind's knowledge of the world unites the old map of the heavens with the newly discovered terrain on earth. Yet it speaks powerfully, too, of the precariousness of power, and of the rise and decline of nationhood, threatened not only from without by enemies, but from within by loss of integrity and vision. The first translation of The Lusiads for almost half a century, this new edition is complemented by an illuminating introduction and extensive notes. -

Book The Lusiads

    Book Details:
  • Author : Luis Vaz de Camões
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2007-04-26
  • ISBN : 0141962461
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book The Lusiads written by Luis Vaz de Camões and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1572, The Lusiads is one of the greatest epic poems of the Renaissance, immortalizing Portugal's voyages of discovery with an unrivalled freshness of observation. At the centre of The Lusiads is Vasco da Gama's pioneer voyage via southern Africa to India in 1497-98. The first European artist to cross the equator, Camoes's narrative reflects the novelty and fascination of that original encounter with Africa, India and the Far East. The poem's twin symbols are the Cross and the Astrolabe, and its celebration of a turning point in mankind's knowledge of the world unites the old map of the heavens with the newly discovered terrain on earth. Yet it speaks powerfully, too, of the precariousness of power, and of the rise and decline of nationhood, threatened not only from without by enemies, but from within by loss of integrity and vision.

Book The Lusiad  Or  The Discovery of India

Download or read book The Lusiad Or The Discovery of India written by Luís de Camões and published by . This book was released on 1776 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: