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In The Liberation of Jerusalem (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... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Jerusalem Delivered is an Epic poem by the italian writer Torquato Tasso.

Gerusalemme Liberata Jerusalem Delivered By Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) Published 1581 in Parma, Italy Translated by Edward Fairfax (1560-1635); translation first published in London, 1600 COMPLETE EDITION Jerusalem Delivered (Italian: La Gerusalemme liberata) is an epic poem... Read Full Overview

Ideale simbolo del crepuscolo del Rinascimento, la Gerusalemme liberata divenne ben presto uno tra i libri pi letti e amati in tutta Europa. Tasso seppe descrivere con il suo poema un mondo umano e narrativo chiaroscurale, ricco di una tensione mai completamente risolta tra... Read Full Overview

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.

Ralph Nash, in his approach to Gerusalemme Liberata, concluded... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

La Gerusalemme liberata ? il maggiore poema eroico di Torquato Tasso, il quale probabilmente ne inizi? la stesura a soli 15 anni, lasciandola inizialmente incompleta. L'opera presenta 15.336 versi endecasillabi raggruppati in 20 canti di lunghezza variabile. La trama ruota attorno... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

When you want to read in both Italian and English, though, there

Dans le poeme heroique du Tasse, puissante aventure des armes et des ames, l'amour et la guerre indissociablement se melent. Les chevaliers chretiens s'eprennent de guerrieres musulmanes; les femmes se battent virilement, tandis que les heros se feminisent; partout surgit la... Read Full Overview