The Liberation Of Jerusalem

Author : Torquato Tasso
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780191567582

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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.

Author : Torquato Tasso
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1434406539

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Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso Pdf

Jerusalem Delivered (La Gerusalemme liberata) is Torquato Tasso's (1544-1595) fictionalized account of the first crusade in epic poem form.

Author : Uzi Narkiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Israel-Arab War, 1967
ISBN : OCLC:60028403

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The Liberation of Jerusalem by Uzi Narkiss Pdf

Author : Torquato Tasso,Edward Fairfax
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1450583083

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Jerusalem Delivered (Gerusalemme Liberata) by Torquato Tasso,Edward Fairfax Pdf

First published in 1581, Torquato Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered (Gerusalemme liberata)" is a magical epic poem that tells the story of the First Crusade, led by Godfrey of Bouillon and other European noblemen and warriors. The story is full of supernatural characters and events. It develops during the bloody siege of Jerusalem, against the Moors and their famous leader, Soliman. The story in "Jerusalem Delivered" is violent and erotic, especially the torrid love affair between Tancred, the bravest of the Christians, and Clorinda, a fierce but beautiful warrioress. Written in the XVI century, "Jerusalem Delivered" book captures the spirit and ideology of the Middle Ages, specifically the XI century. Like in "Curial and Guelfa", Christian symbols mix with Greco-Roman ones, in a tale of war and sex. Tasso's images are powerful and the poetry of "Jerusalem Delivered" is anything but childish or naive. As I said, it is violent and full of action. It contains no boring digressions or reflections, but pure action. Today, "Jerusalem Delivered" is considered to be a one the masterpieces of Italian literature. This Spenserian translation by Edward Fairfax, rendered in 1600, is the only significant translation that has endured the test of time.

Author : Torquato Tasso,Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Crusades
ISBN : NYPL:33433067343602

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Author : Torquato Tasso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Crusades
ISBN : OXFORD:590963598

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Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso Pdf

Author : Torquato Tasso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IOWA:31858008205449

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The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso by Torquato Tasso Pdf

Author : Torquato Tasso
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1987-04-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780814337561

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Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso Pdf

Ralph Nash, in his approach to Gerusalemme Liberata, concluded that a close, fluent translation in prose of Tasso's epic would offer the most successful rendering of this important chivalric romance.

Author : Torquato Tasso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590963596

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The Jerusalem delivered of Torquato Tasso, tr. into. Engl. verse by J.K. James by Torquato Tasso Pdf

Author : Uzi Narkiss,Chaim Herzog,Elie Wiesel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:610502185

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The Liberation of Jerusalem by Uzi Narkiss,Chaim Herzog,Elie Wiesel Pdf

Author : Torquato Tasso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Italian poetry
ISBN : HARVARD:HNK1B1

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The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso by Torquato Tasso Pdf

Author : Torquato Tasso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Crusades
ISBN : UCAL:B4273187

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Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso Pdf

Author : Dan Bruce
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1499640684

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The Liberation of Jerusalem 1967 by Dan Bruce Pdf

This book is a reprint of Chapter One in the author's groundbreaking commentary on the Book of Daniel, titled Daniel Unsealed. This Chapter One reprint explains how a 2,500-year-old prophecy in Daniel 8:13-14 foretold the capture of Old City Jerusalem and the Temple Mount during the Six-Day War in June, 1967.

Author : Torquato Tasso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9389582040

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Jerusalem Delivered (Gerusalemme Liberata) by Torquato Tasso Pdf

Jerusalem Delivered (Gerusalemme Liberata): Translated By Edward Fairfax Edited By Henry Morley This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

Author : Uzi Narkiss
Publisher : Vallentine Mitchell
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070176560

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The Liberation of Jerusalem by Uzi Narkiss Pdf

The War of Independence of 1948 first gave rise to the divided city of Jerusalem, in which the Old City remained in Arab hands. This book analyzes the Six-Day War, a 72-hour period which "shook the Jewish world", in which General Uzi Narkiss commanded the battle to reclaim Jerusalem for the Jews.