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The Liberation of Jerusalem
Torquato Tasso
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Description for The Liberation of Jerusalem
Paperback. 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. Translator(s): Wickert, Max. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 360.
'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 ... Read more
'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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199535354
SKU
V9780199535354
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About Torquato Tasso
Max Wickert is a poet whose poems and verse translations have been published in American journals including American Poetry Review, Chicago Review, Sewanee Review etc. Pulitzer Prize winning poet Carl Dennis, says of his translation: 'Max Wickert's fine translation captures both the dignity and the energy of Tasso's epic, its artfulness and its passion. It's an impressive achievement.' ... Read more
Reviews for The Liberation of Jerusalem
Wickert's is a remarkable achievement...the translation is consistently faithful to almost every detail of the content.
David Robey, Times Literary Supplement
The translation is accompanied by a clear, detailed and helpful introduction by Mark Davie.
David Robey, Times Literary Supplement
David Robey, Times Literary Supplement
The translation is accompanied by a clear, detailed and helpful introduction by Mark Davie.
David Robey, Times Literary Supplement