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The Lusiads
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Lusiads af Luis Vaz de Camoes, William Atkinson, 9780140440263
Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9780140440263
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0140440267
Udg. Dato:
22 feb 1973
Størrelse i cm:
13,1 x 19,9 x 1,6
Oplagsdato:
22 feb 1973
Paperback 1973
Format:

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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.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9780140440263
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0140440267
Udg. Dato:
22 feb 1973
Størrelse i cm:
13,1 x 19,9 x 1,6
Oplagsdato:
22 feb 1973
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